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From: Barry Yinger <asiatica at NNI.COM>
Subject: Re: gnat pollinators was: What is the name of this plant?
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Various species are more or less discriminating about their
pollinator(s).  The plants in subgenera Asarum and Asiasarum are
generally less discriminating, and those in subgenera Heterotropa
(Japan and China) and Hexastylis (America and maybe China) are more
specific.  Chinese and Japanese species in subgenus Heterotropa rarely
spontaneously set seed in cultivation.

Barry Yinger

On Apr 1, 2004, at 4:58 PM, Marge Talt wrote:

>> From: Barry Yinger <asiatica at NNI.COM>
>> say). Many asarums are gnat specific, which is why many species
>> (including splendens) rarely set seed in cultivation.
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>
> Having been so excited to find slugs were not the pollinators, I
> neglected to read all your message carefully.  I am assuming, then,
> that the required gnats live in Japan or wherever the country of
> origin of a species is?
>
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt at hort.net
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