Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum bloom in Indonesia

From: <pmdes at ionet.co.za> on 2004.03.17 at 18:21:21(11289) Hi Everybody, I was in Cibodas a few years ago. They had a few Amorphs growing there. I cant remember what exactly they were. Cibodas is higher up in the mountain and a bit cooler as well than Bogor. Peter Wunderlin +More RSA ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum bloom in Indonesia > just a small point... i think they may have gotten the > location wrong. cibodas is a separate BG from the one > in bogor, i believe cibodas is higher up in the > mountain (and further east) and grows mostly cooler > growing plants. i'd think the titanum are grown in > the bogor garden. does anyone know? > > tsuh yang > > > --- Al Wootten wrote: > > From yahoo > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/indonesia_stinky_flower > > > > The Amorphophallus titanum - known locally as a > > "carcass > > flower" for the stench its bulbs emit upon opening - > > blossomed > > Thursday at the Cibodas Botanical Garden in Bogor. > > > > The flower, one of the largest and smelliest in the > > world, comes > > from the rain forests of Sumatra island, and > > typically grows to > > more than 9 feet tall. > > > > Officials at the garden on the southern outskirts of > > the capital > > Jakarta claimed this particular flower reached a > > height of 9.5 feet > > - a new record as the tallest Amorphophallus > > titanum. > > > > Inhale... > > > > Clear skies, > > Al > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam > http://mail.yahoo.com >

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