From: "Alistair Hay" <ajmhay at hotmail.com> on 2004.10.08 at 01:52:09(12264)
Hi Julius,
It was a baby at 1.33 metres. And yes its a
sibling of many that have flowered much earlier in the US and Europe.
I attribute the long delay in getting ours to
flower to the psychological trauma caused by the idea of applying NPK in the
necessary quantities - most Australian plants are killed by even 'normal'
quantities of these elements, especially Phosphorus.
Eventually the horticultural staff who look
after our TAs rose to my challenge to kill a subset of our holdings by
overfeeding! The result was pots toppling over as they bulged with swelling
tubers, and one (at 15.5 kg) producing a flower.
Alistair
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----- Original Message -----
From:
Julius Boos
To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:07
AM
Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum
flowering in Sydney, Australia
>From: Paul Tyerman
>Reply-To: Discussion of aroids
>To: Discussion of aroids
>Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum flowering in Sydney,
Australia
>Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:55:40 +1000
>
Dear Paul,
Thanks for sharing this news with us! A happy event
indeed. Perhaps Dr. Hay (if he reads thsi) may be so kind as to
try to determine from wence this plant came, if by chance from a Jim Symon
seed collection? I`m sorry that you missed seeing this
amazing bloom. Any details as to how tall the bloom was,
etc.??
The Best,
Julius Boos
WPB, FLORIDA
>Howdy All,
>
>I found out on the news last night that Amorphophallus titanum
is
>currently in flower in the Tropical House at the Botanic
Gardens in
>Sydney, Australia. I thought I'd inform the group in
case there was
>anyone who was in Sydney who didn't know about it and wanted to
see
>it.
>
>If I'd known about it being about to open I would have arranged
to
>get up there to see it, but unfortunately it only appeared on
the
>news last night already in flower and I couldn't just drop
>everything to get up there and see it today. Most
frustrating as i
>definitely would have got up there if I'd known.
>
>Hopefully all of those on this list in the Sydney region
interested
>in Amorphs will get a chance to view it as it is only the
second
>time there has ever been a flowering in Australia I have been
told.
>Last night the Botanic Gardens remained open until midnight to
allow
>people to view it. I'd imagine if still open this
evening the same
>will likely apply.
>
>Cheers.
>
>Paul Tyerman
>Canberra, Australia (a few hours south of Sydney unfortunately)
>
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