From: drplantman at gmail.com (Jeremy P) on 2008.04.08 at 22:19:40(17336)
Mention of a Titan archive, and Dr. Mo Fayyaz* *in particular, jogged my
memory and lo and behold it was still floating around in my email archives.
I suspect a more fleshed out documentation of Titan flowerings would be very
well received by fans of this great sp. worldwide...
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/Titan_Arum_Archive/Archive_images/List_of_Data.html#anchor240070
I think there was another flowering @ RBG Sydney earlier this year...
Gareth, are you still lurking here and can confirm or deny that? :)
Enjoy,
Jeremy
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On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Susan B wrote:
> I remember that tiny titan, saved a photo somewhere. The caretaker's name
> was Kathy, wasn't it? Was it Kathy Upton???
>
> Ha ha! found the photo- sorry for any copyright stealing!!! Yes, it was
> Kathy Upton- what a memory! The old gal STILL HAS IT!!!!!
>
> Susan
> PS. Dr. Mo at University of Wisconsin- Madison has details on all the
> bloomings, I haven't seen him in a few years so I don't know if he is
> keeping up with them still. (English teachers please ignore that sentence!!)
>
> *ju-bo at msn.com* wrote:
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> > From: myeakel21 at earthlink.net
> > To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com
> > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:12:09 -0500
> > Subject: [Aroid-l] St. Paul tiny titan
>
> Hello Margaret,
>
> Welcome to aroid-L!
> Congrats on the blooming, I so hope the tiny thing eventually opens and
> produces its perfume to be appreciated by some!
> A task for someone like your goodself or ANYONE out there in
> aroid-land----research and document ALL the bloomings of this wonderful
> Amorphophallus species in say the last 15 or so years, particulalrly plants
> originating from seed collected in the wild by Jim Symon and Wilbert
> Hetterschied! The information, or at least MOST of it would be available on
> the archives of aroid-l, and from memory (not too good these days!!) would
> begin with the FIRST blooming at the home of the then-grower at MOBOT, I
> disremember her name at this moment (shame on me!), but this plant too was
> TINY, a real dwarf giant, and there was much discussion back then on if
> genitics played a role in such a small plant blooming!
> Please give us updates on your plants progress.
> Good Luck and good growing!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Julius Boos
> WPB, FLORIDA
>
> << Hello All!
> > I am new to this list and happened to see the reference to the little
> titan blooming in St. Paul, MN. I am the keeper of that plant and hope you
> are all able to view the webcam and blog about this little bloom.
> www.comozooconservatory.org/cons/gardenblog.shtml
> > We are anticipating the inflorescence to open this week. We have had
> some dark weather the last couple of days and growth has slowed down. The
> spathe is incomplete and only covers about half of the spadix. So the
> flowers are visible at all times. It is very tiny---it only measured 28"
> tall today! The corm weighs 25 pounds and the plant is from a 1993 seed lot
> that was planted at Gustavus Adolphus College in St.Peter,MN. We have had
> the plant for almost 3 years.
> > The IT folks are working on the problems with the website at this time.
> I noticed that the webcam was not showing a live picture this afternoon. We
> are learning alot from this experience!
> > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
> >
> > Margaret Yeakel-Twum
> > Horticulturist
> > Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park
> > St.Paul, MN 55103
> > 651-487-8256
> > margaret.yeakel-twum at ci.stpaul.mn.us
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