Re: [Aroid-l] more on Amorphophallus

From: "Weaver, Bill" <bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2010.07.29 at 18:44:59 In my limited experience, the flower takes a good week and a half to two weeks to fully wither. After that the whole thing doesn't so much abscise as slough off. As there is so much moisture in it that it never truly dries to the point where it can break off as a unit. Though parts of it can be removed and dried separately a la herbarium specimens. (I still have the spathe from Trudy's first bloom in my kitchen) From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Greig Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:03 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: [Aroid-l] more on Amorphophallus Hello everyone.  Thanks to many of you for your helpful comments to us A. titanum neophytes.  I wish I had known about the IAS and the listserve before this all happened – we are scrambling now to catch up!  It sounds from what I’m hearing that first time blooms are often sterile (at least produce no pollen) and also do not smell, or not much.  Certainly that was our experience.  Now I have another question.  How long will it be before the inflorescence and peduncle abscise from the tuber?  (a week, several weeks, ???)  And will the inflorescence break off first, and then the peduncle wither?  Or does it abscise at the base of the peduncle first?    Thanks so much for sharing your experience!   Nancy   Nancy Greig Director, Cockrell Butterfly Center Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive Houston, TX  77030-1799   Tel 713-639-4742 www.hmns.org   --_000_28113A0489833849A1CF9EC16F42154366AA0273DEGVW1097EXBame_-- --===============8605547083044855351==

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