Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

From: J-Man <drplantman at gmail.com> on 2012.12.18 at 07:01:46(22735) Just making sure those who need to know do! As far as I know it's the first for Victoria, only the 4th or 5th for Australia, and while not up to full scale, it's pretty impressive for a first timer! Any predictions on the opening? The measurements on the Facebook photo were taken Wednesday Dec 18th in Melbourne. Facebook photo News article HTML +More I know I'll be along to get a whiff very soon! Jeremy P --047d7bacb8f06472c404d11b1348-- --==============‘37926482884016737==

From: Susan B <honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2012.12.19 at 16:57:55(22736) Congratulations!!!, my guess is 4 days, the skirt is still green. Try to get a photo from the front, so we can see if it is left over right or right over left. Attached is a photo of left over right, which seems to be more uncommon, if I remember correctly. From: J-Man HTML +More To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:01 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Just making sure those who need to know do! As far as I know it's the first for Victoria, only the 4th or 5th for Australia, and while not up to full scale, it's pretty impressive for a first timer! Any predictions on the opening? The measurements on the Facebook photo were taken Wednesday Dec 18th in Melbourne. Facebook photo News article I know I'll be along to get a whiff very soon! Jeremy P _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ---125114391-2007768475-1355936275=:8596-- ---125114391-1536817027-1355936275=:8596

From: Kyle Baker <kylefletcherbaker at yahoo.com> on 2012.12.19 at 17:03:25(22737) Having lost mine years ago A. rivierii that is...I do miss the stench of a rotting corpse...the closest I can get now is the Stapelia if it ever decides to flower again Mr. Kyle Fletcher Baker, MCN Maine Zone 5 HTML +More From: J-Man To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:01 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Just making sure those who need to know do! As far as I know it's the first for Victoria, only the 4th or 5th for Australia, and while not up to full scale, it's pretty impressive for a first timer! Any predictions on the opening? The measurements on the Facebook photo were taken Wednesday Dec 18th in Melbourne. Facebook photo News article I know I'll be along to get a whiff very soon! Jeremy P _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l ---912952397-585255734-1355936605=:73299-- --==============16745652794742608==

From: "Weaver, Bill (NorCal GDS Team Lead)" <bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2012.12.20 at 02:06:13(22738) I’d have to agree. It will likely ‘color up’ a lot more before it opens. One sneaky detail to watch out for is that they tend to open overnight with the spathe starting to pull away just after dark and opening fully overnight. I’ve attached a gratuitous photo of my most recent bloom. (Also a left over right bloom, something I never noticed before) HTML +More From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Susan B Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:58 AM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Congratulations!!!, my guess is 4 days, the skirt is still green. Try to get a photo from the front, so we can see if it is left over right or right over left. Attached is a photo of left over right, which seems to be more uncommon, if I remember correctly. From: J-Man To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:01 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Just making sure those who need to know do! As far as I know it's the first for Victoria, only the 4th or 5th for Australia, and while not up to full scale, it's pretty impressive for a first timer! Any predictions on the opening? The measurements on the Facebook photo were taken Wednesday Dec 18th in Melbourne. Facebook photo News article I know I'll be along to get a whiff very soon! Jeremy P _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_000_F9270B3E0A514843A0360BBA506AC8ED3E417FE7G4W3227americas_-- --_004_F9270B3E0A514843A0360BBA506AC8ED3E417FE7G4W3227americas_

From: hostas at fuse.net on 2012.12.20 at 12:37:39(22739) Thank you for sharing this photo - simply gorgeous! Better than a Christmas Card! Betty HTML +More Cincinnati zone 5/6 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Weaver (NorCal GDS Team Lead) Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne ------=_Part_22795981_1641410232.1356007059766-- --==============Q48088731220904855==

From: J-Man <drplantman at gmail.com> on 2012.12.26 at 02:11:06(22744) And it's happened! Opening overnight on Christmas night, unfurling to full glory today - making the news of course! Got to head in and get a whiff! Jeremy HTML +More On 23 December 2012 12:20, J-Man wrote: Hi all, Thanks for the tips on opening - I've attached my latest pics. Apologies in the tardiness between sending them: I used to curate this Glasshouse, but no longer do, so getting away from my new line of work to take some snaps has been tricky at this time of year! So, Friday morn it had reached 162cm, and was really colouring up nicely. The pics attached are from Sunday morning, so I'm guessing with the average growth pattern of 8cm a day, it's now pushing 175-180cm... Should be able to confirm that tomorrow (Monday). I've managed to shoot the skirt fold as requested and looks like Left over Right... And the incoming Director has put a nice blog post up about it too It might be a very smelly Christmas and or perhaps New Year's Eve! :) Jeremy On 20 December 2012 23:37, wrote: Thank you for sharing this photo - simply gorgeous! Better than a Christmas Card! Betty Cincinnati zone 5/6 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Weaver (NorCal GDS Team Lead) Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --20cf3066817ba1ca9304d1b7f2b9-- --20cf3066817ba1ca9e04d1b7f2bb

From: Susan B <honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2012.12.26 at 03:03:26(22745) Congratulations! From: J-Man To: Discussion of aroids HTML +More Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne And it's happened! Opening overnight on Christmas night, unfurling to full glory today - making the news of course! Got to head in and get a whiff! Jeremy ---1115942004-982246493-1356491006=:67849-- --==============‰27992123580161588==

From: "Weaver, Bill (NorCal GDS Team Lead)" <bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2012.12.26 at 03:29:26(22746) Congratulations! Nice Christmas present! From: aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@www.gizmoworks.com] HTML +More On Behalf Of J-Man Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2012 6:11 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne And it's happened! Opening overnight on Christmas night, unfurling to full glory today - making the news of course! Got to head in and get a whiff! Jeremy On 23 December 2012 12:20, J-Man wrote: Hi all, Thanks for the tips on opening - I've attached my latest pics. Apologies in the tardiness between sending them: I used to curate this Glasshouse, but no longer do, so getting away from my new line of work to take some snaps has been tricky at this time of year! So, Friday morn it had reached 162cm, and was really colouring up nicely. The pics attached are from Sunday morning, so I'm guessing with the average growth pattern of 8cm a day, it's now pushing 175-180cm... Should be able to confirm that tomorrow (Monday). I've managed to shoot the skirt fold as requested and looks like Left over Right... And the incoming Director has put a nice blog post up about it too It might be a very smelly Christmas and or perhaps New Year's Eve! :) Jeremy On 20 December 2012 23:37, wrote: Thank you for sharing this photo - simply gorgeous! Better than a Christmas Card! Betty Cincinnati zone 5/6 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Weaver (NorCal GDS Team Lead) Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_000_F9270B3E0A514843A0360BBA506AC8ED3E41B880G4W3227americas_-- --==============r03046498288375751==

From: J-Man <drplantman at gmail.com> on 2012.12.26 at 11:07:16(22747) Update from the end of Boxing Day: the ABC news grab was pretty spot on - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-26/rare-corpse-flower-blooms-in-melbourne/4443742 - and after dropping by today, I threw together a lil video taster myself (http://youtu.be/VXhplYD7C6Y), for those of you can't or won't make it along :) Enjoy! Jeremy On 26 December 2012 13:11, J-Man wrote: HTML +More And it's happened! Opening overnight on Christmas night, unfurling to full glory today - making the news of course! Got to head in and get a whiff! Jeremy On 23 December 2012 12:20, J-Man wrote: Hi all, Thanks for the tips on opening - I've attached my latest pics. Apologies in the tardiness between sending them: I used to curate this Glasshouse, but no longer do, so getting away from my new line of work to take some snaps has been tricky at this time of year! So, Friday morn it had reached 162cm, and was really colouring up nicely. The pics attached are from Sunday morning, so I'm guessing with the average growth pattern of 8cm a day, it's now pushing 175-180cm... Should be able to confirm that tomorrow (Monday). I've managed to shoot the skirt fold as requested and looks like Left over Right... And the incoming Director has put a nice blog post up about it too It might be a very smelly Christmas and or perhaps New Year's Eve! :) Jeremy On 20 December 2012 23:37, wrote: Thank you for sharing this photo - simply gorgeous! Better than a Christmas Card! Betty Cincinnati zone 5/6 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Weaver (NorCal GDS Team Lead) Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Titan flowering at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --047d7bacb8f0238adf04d1bf7043-- --==============31657581487745782==

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