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I guess thecurator referred rather to 140 titanum flowering in Botanical Gardensetc. since the species was brought from Sumatra the first time. I wouldthink that the newpaper missunderstood what the curator toldthem....
Happy growing,
Bernnard.
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> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:28:12+0100
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums inexistence.
> From: Don Martinson
> To: "aroid-l@gizmoworks.com"
> The A. titanum at ourlocal museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom.
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>http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/
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> An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated :
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> > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomedbefore, has its
> > roots in Sumatra, and only about 140 ofthe plants are known to
> > exist in the world, according toNeil Luebke, curator of botany at
> > the museum and thestinky plant's guardian.
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>While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, thefigure
> of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add inall the
> smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least fora price) as of
> late.
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> Is this truly anaccurate guess as to the number of titanums in
> existence?
>
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
>Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com
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