Re: [Aroid-l] Brooklyn Titan blooming

From: "Ertelt, Jonathan B" jonathan.ertelt at Vanderbilt.Edu> on 2006.08.19 at 17:23:21(14532) David, Very nicely presented, both images and words. Thanks. Jonathan +More > Dear All, > > Our Titan is done and the spadix collapsed, but thanks to the generous > donation of pollen from Virginia Tech's division of Biological Sciences, > we are waiting to see if our pollination attempts have succeeded. There > was of course a tremendous amount of hype but that withstanding the > public really embraced our little event. It was special in that it > proved to many of us that plants and collections can compel the public > to come to a garden and that you do not necessarily have to resort to > song and dance nonsense to "entertain" folks. That said, the following > link is a time lapse video put together by our web person of the > blooming and really kind of fun. I guess that this can be construed to > be a bit of "song and dance"...but oh, what the heck. > > > http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/video/index.html > > I also want to publicly express a note of appreciation, in this forum, > to Alan Galloway who ten years ago generously donated this > plant/seedling to the Garden. The craziness surrounding this kind of > event (as many of you now have had the pleasure of experiencing) > inadvertently short changed his role in this. This event is a testimony > to the crucial role that hobbyists play in conservation and the > dissemination of information and special plants. It can often be > difficult to reciprocate, but botanical institutions do depend on your > dedication, enthusiasm and generosity regardless of whether it is ever > properly acknowledged. Alan made a lot of New Yorkers happy and I > personally applaud him as well as all of you for the generosity of your > knowledge, experience and plants. Thank you. > > We did harvest pollen, so if anyone has a need contact me and I will see > what we can do. > > Dave Horak > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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