i have been told that the spotted calla has seeds on the plants and they can be made in to starts but i can figure out where they are or what they look like i just got it as a gift and would love to grow more
The nose-like bit in the middle becomes a fruit when fertilized with pollen. If the flowers aren't getting pollinated, then no fruits.
so if it is an inside house then i need to take it outside a lil here and there to get polinated do i need to let it be out side for a long time each time i take it out sorry i am really stupid when it comes to plants that i have never had it its not a vine then i know nothing about it (and regular plants) this plant is just so pretty and want to keep it and make more of these beautiful flowers around the house
Calla are members of the larger family Araceae which are commonly called aroids. When an aroid is ready to reproduce it produces an inflorescence known as a spathe and spadix. The spathe is not a flowers but serves as a shield to the spadix at the center of the inflorescence. When at sexual anthesis the spadix produces male, female and sterile male flowers. The sterile male flowers produce a pheromone or perfume which attracts insects. The female flowers are ready first (female anthesis) and the male flowers follow when they produce their pollen (male anthesis). Those insects will bring pollen from another inflorescence which has already achieved male anthesis to the female flowers of a separate plant which is at female anthesis. As a result you'll need to have the plant where insects can easily be attracted. You might check the International Aroid Society website for information on what insect species commonly pollinate the Calla. This link will give you more information on how all aroids are pollinated. http://www.exoticrainforest.com/Natural and artificial pollination in aroids.html
I checked the published works of my friend aroid pollination expert Dr. Marc Gibernau (GHEE-ber-no) of the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France and Marc indicates Calla are pollinated by a variety of small beetles and flies. If you want the inflorescences of your plants to produce berries containing seeds it would seem adviseable to move them outdoors. I sent Marc an email this morning requesting more information and if he offers anything useful I'll publish it here.
It appears that small beetles are the primary pollinators of Calla lilie. This is the note I received from Dr. Gibernau this morning: Dear Steve, Zantedeschia is apparently pollinated by beetles in its natural habitat. Two mentions but no proper study. Letty, C. 1973. The genus Zantedeschia. Bothalia 11:5–26. Singh, Y., A. E. v. Wyk & H. Baijnath. 1996. Floral biology of Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. (Araceae). S. Afr. J. Bot. 62:146–150. Best regards; Marc Zantedeschia is the genus to which Calla species are members.
