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Posted: Apr/06/2009 4:55 PM PST
to whom it may concern  The bloom/flower still looks almost the same as the above picture. I'll upload pictures sometime this week but really not much has changed yet.PS. my first time seeing this so adding to the "mess list" : some of the flowers falling on the ground but not too much and it's real pretty. Probably making room for the seed pods. Also, the tip of the leaves are a bit brown. Not sure if it's because of the snow or if it's because of something else. |
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Posted: May/17/2009 1:04 PM PST
Ewwwww gross! WORMS!  look like maggots to me. They are eating my new pods! Ugh! Don't know what to do, have to look it up. I zoomed in on the worm and enhanced the color so you can see it better but not sure what it will look like once posted. I have no idea how to edit pictures. You might be able to see it on the pod in the 3rd picture too. I did not change the image size on the 4th picture so not sure if it will be too big. Attachments:     |
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Posted: May/17/2009 1:28 PM PST
Yucca Moth Larvae, maybe!?  http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0902a.htm The yucca moth larva hatches inside the green developing ovary of the flower during late spring and summer and begins to feed on the maturing seeds. It remains inside the ovary (seed capsule) through the summer and fall, high on a branch of the flower stalk. The seed capsule is composed of three sections or carpels, each with two columns of seeds. At maturity during the fall, up to 38 flattened black seeds lie in tightly packed tiers within each column, resembling coins stacked in a dispenser. In the column containing the moth larva, six to 14 of the seeds in the lower portion of the tier are fastened together with silk, and a robust, pinkish larva occupies a cylindrical feeding cavity within these joined seeds. According to Powell and Mackie (1966), yucca capsules may be occupied by more than one larva, but the average number is usually one or two. Although the larva is a seed predator, it only consumes a small percentage of the hundreds of seeds within the capsule. Since the larva develops into a moth that pollinates the yucca plant, the relationship is clearly beneficial to both partners. By comparison, the relationship between the Mexican jumping bean (Sebastiana pavoniana) and its symbiotic moth (Laspeyresia saltitans) is clearly one-sided. The moth is a seed predator but plays no role in the pollination of its host shrub. |
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