Colchicum as a pollinator plant

Travis O enoster@hotmail.com
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:28:02 PDT
Hi,

Autumn blooming Colchicum in my garden always seem to be covered in bees. I did a little research and concluded that they are in fact bee pollinated (perhaps fly pollinated for alpine species), while at least a few species of the closely related Androcymbium are in fact rodent pollinated. This article focus solely on fall blooming colchicums:

http://amateuranthecologist.com/2016/10/…

I hope all of you that are US residents are coping well despite the deathmatch that is this presidential election. Oh well, none of it will matter anyway after the reptilians make their move. Or aliens invade.

Travis Owen
Rogue River, OR

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