Number of A. titanums in existence.

From: Don Martinson <llmen at wi.rr.com> on 2010.01.10 at 22:28:12(20454) The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its roots in > Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the world, > according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky > plant's guardian. While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "plantguy at zoominternet.net" <plantguy at zoominternet.net> on 2010.01.11 at 17:07:16(20455) Hi Don, I'm sure he meant to say that perhaps 150 have flowered in cultivation rather than what he erroneously said. This is surely one of the more common species offered every year on ebay at this point in time thanks primarily to one seller who offers both huge tubers and large numbers of seed (I believe it is Tindara or something like that). Some day I'd like to see one bloom in person, but it would need to be a pretty close drive to convince me to go. Lets all hope the cold comes to an end soon, Dan +More Gibsonia, PA Original Message: ----------------- From: Don Martinson llmen@wi.rr.com Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:28:12 -0600 To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its roots in > Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the world, > according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky > plant's guardian. While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft� Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "StroWi at t-online.de" <StroWi at t-online.de> on 2010.01.11 at 17:35:53(20456) Don, HTML +More I guess thecurator referred rather to 140 titanum flowering in Botanical Gardensetc. since the species was brought from Sumatra the first time. I wouldthink that the newpaper missunderstood what the curator toldthem.... Happy growing, Bernnard. -----Original Message----- > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:28:12+0100 > Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums inexistence. > From: Don Martinson > To: "aroid-l@gizmoworks.com" > The A. titanum at ourlocal museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. > >http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ > > An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > > > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomedbefore, has its > > roots in Sumatra, and only about 140 ofthe plants are known to > > exist in the world, according toNeil Luebke, curator of botany at > > the museum and thestinky plant's guardian. > > > > >While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, thefigure > of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add inall the > smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least fora price) as of > late. > > Is this truly anaccurate guess as to the number of titanums in > existence? > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin >Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > --==============14451352786737741=

From: "Weaver, Bill" <bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2010.01.11 at 18:37:44(20458) I'd say very low. Someone had put together a list of known blooms after mine bloomed in 2004 and it was bloom number 92. 1400 might be closer. -----Original Message----- +More From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Don Martinson Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 2:28 PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its > roots in Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist > in the world, according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the > museum and the stinky plant's guardian. While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "E.Vincent Morano" <ironious2 at yahoo.com> on 2010.01.11 at 21:56:27(20460) Ive had in my possession and sold over 70 of these titanium tubers. The person I got them from had over 3,000 plants. It was EGF Orchids. In fact they still have a few. So to say the least, those numbers are just slightly off :-) I refuse to participate in the in the recession. --- On Sun, 1/10/10, Don Martinson wrote: HTML +More From: Don Martinson Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. To: "aroid-l@gizmoworks.com" Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 2:28 PM The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its roots in > Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the world, > according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky > plant's guardian. While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-1226751148-1263246987=:85568----==============�86312711765965682=

From: "Tony Avent" <tony at plantdelights.com> on 2010.01.11 at 23:59:59(20461) Don: Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say the number is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died. > The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. > > http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ > > An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > +More >> The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its >> roots in >> Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the >> world, >> according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky >> plant's guardian. > > > While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of > 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller > tubers > that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. > > Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? > > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Tony Avent USDA Zone 7b, (0-10F winter, 90-100F Summer) Plant Delights Nursery 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603, USA ph 919.772.4794 fx 919.772.4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I've killed it myself...at least three times." - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Susan B <honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2010.01.12 at 18:13:43(20463) He might have meant blooming size plants. --- On Mon, 1/11/10, Tony Avent wrote: From: Tony Avent HTML +More Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 6:59 PM Don: Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say the number is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died. > The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. > > http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ > > An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > >> The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its >> roots in >> Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the >> world, >> according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky >> plant's guardian. > > > While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of > 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller > tubers > that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. > > Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? > > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Tony Avent USDA Zone 7b, (0-10F winter, 90-100F Summer) Plant Delights Nursery 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603, USA ph 919.772.4794 fx 919.772.4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I've killed it myself...at least three times." - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --0-1112184790-1263320023=:12198----==============90578554933681473=

From: "Steve Hatfield" <moondogman at comcast.net> on 2010.01.14 at 15:00:00(20471) “Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say thenumber is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died.” With the luck ive had with the 5 I have tried (None from Tony) thatcould be a good possibility. :>) Steve HTML +More From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Susan B Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 20101:14 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Number ofA. titanums in existence. He might have meant blooming size plants. --- On Mon, 1/11/10, Tony Avent wrote: From: Tony Avent Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. To: "Discussion of aroids" Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 6:59 PM Don: Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say the number is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died. > The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. > > http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ > > An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > >> The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its >> roots in >> Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the >> world, >> according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky >> plant's guardian. > > > While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of > 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller > tubers > that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. > > Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? > > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Tony Avent USDA Zone 7b, (0-10F winter, 90-100F Summer) Plant Delights Nursery 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603, USA ph 919.772.4794 fx 919.772.4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I've killed it myself...at least three times." - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01CA9500.566BE290----==============C87325434947787775=

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