TitanWatch

From: "Craig Allen" callen at fairchildgarden.org> on 2003.03.27 at 00:55:55(10065) I thought I would give you a heads up... 'Mr. Stinky' aka Amorphophallus titanum is starting to grow after this winter's dormancy. 'Alice the Amorphophallus', another Titan, is also emerging. I don't, yet, know if they will produce an inflorescence or a leaf, but there is a good chance for a flowering. Neither bloomed last year, and the tubers have gained a lot of weight. In the past several have bloomed after skipping only one year. Could there be a double blooming? I tingle with excitement just thinking of it. It these are blooms, we will try to get an better web cam setup than we had last year. I will keep you posted. 'Mr. Stinky' tuber size 22" and 76 lbs.; emerged 3/17/03 'Alice' tuber size, 19" and 57lbs.; emerged 3/24/03 Also of interest are all the other species of Amorphophallus coming into bloom. 7 different A. tinekeae (the exotic black striped species in last years aroid show, formerly labeled as A. lambii), 2 A. variabilis, 2 A. lewallei, and of course 1 of the magnificent Amorphophallus gigas. The A. gigas is already 4 foot tall and growing over 6" each day. Craig M. Allen +More Conservatory Manager Fairchild Tropical Garden 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables (Miami), FL 33156 Telephone: 305.667.1651, ext.3320 Fax: 305.667.6930 Email: callen@fairchildgarden.org Web: www.fairchildgarden.org

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2003.03.27 at 05:14:19(10066) Craig, Whereas I wouldn't have believed it 8 years ago, I have now noticed that every now and then a species does indeed flower twice without foliage interrupting the sequence. I have experienced this with paeoniifolius and plicatus. This may well be an evolutionary remnant from the ancestral condition of having a syn-florescence in the ancestors of Amorphophallus. So, who knows......? +More Lord P. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu > [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu]Namens Craig Allen > Verzonden: donderdag 27 maart 2003 1:56 > Aan: Aroid-L (E-mail) > Onderwerp: [aroid-l] TitanWatch > > > I thought I would give you a heads up... > > 'Mr. Stinky' aka Amorphophallus titanum is starting to grow > after this winter's dormancy. 'Alice the Amorphophallus', > another Titan, is also emerging. I don't, yet, know if they > will produce an inflorescence or a leaf, but there is a good > chance for a flowering. Neither bloomed last year, and the > tubers have gained a lot of weight. In the past several have > bloomed after skipping only one year. Could there be a > double blooming? I tingle with excitement just thinking of > it. It these are blooms, we will try to get an better web cam > setup than we had last year. I will keep you posted. > > 'Mr. Stinky' tuber size 22" and 76 lbs.; emerged 3/17/03 > 'Alice' tuber size, 19" and 57lbs.; emerged 3/24/03 > > Also of interest are all the other species of Amorphophallus > coming into bloom. 7 different A. tinekeae (the exotic black > striped species in last years aroid show, formerly labeled as > A. lambii), 2 A. variabilis, 2 A. lewallei, and of course 1 > of the magnificent Amorphophallus gigas. The A. gigas is > already 4 foot tall and growing over 6" each day. > > Craig M. Allen > Conservatory Manager > Fairchild Tropical Garden > 10901 Old Cutler Road > Coral Gables (Miami), FL 33156 > Telephone: 305.667.1651, ext.3320 > Fax: 305.667.6930 > Email: callen@fairchildgarden.org > Web: www.fairchildgarden.org > >

From: "Cooper, Susan L." SLCooper at scj.com> on 2003.05.08 at 13:55:25(10214) If anyone is planning on visiting Faircchild Garden soon, I have two gift certificates good for a free admission. They are good until May 23. Sorry about the short notice, I just came across them in a pile of papers.... Email me off list! Susan L. Cooper +More SLCooper@scj.com

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