Re: [aroid-l] TitanWatch 4/30/03

From: The Thaumaturgist asitkghosh at yahoo.com> on 2003.04.30 at 20:37:01(10149) Craig Would it be possible to post the links to the newspaper articles? Thanks. Asit K. Ghosh +More Rockledge, FL ======================================================= --- Craig Allen wrote: > TitanWatch 4/30/03 Rain Rain go away the Titans will > bloom anyway. > > And now I'm a poet, ha! This morning the weather had me > worried. I was expecting rain, but with no letup? I > received a warning about 60 mph winds and large hail. At > Fairchild Garden there were only a few heavy gusts and > the Titans are fairly well protected from that, but I was > afraid large hail might break through the fragile old > screen above the heads of my Amorphophallus. Luckily hail > passed us by. > > The other concern I had was that the Miami Herald > reporter and photographer wouldn't show, but nothing > stops the news. A little late and a little wet, well a > lot wet, but they got here. They were good sports. They > asked me to wear the gas mask, of 1998 first titan bloom > vintage, and stand on a ladder in the rain. The reporter > held an umbrella over the photographer and her fabulous > Nikon digital camera as she snapped away. The article > announcing the blooming of two titans is supposed to be > in Thursday's Metro section. What's next Martha Stewart > and Howard Stern, hmmmmm? > > TitanWatch update: > > Mr. Stinky - 39 inches tall > Audrey III - 59 inches tall > > ...and wet, wet, wet! > > 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 > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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