Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence.

From: "Tony Avent" <tony at plantdelights.com> on 2010.01.11 at 23:59:59(20461) Don: Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say the number is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died. > The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. > > http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ > > An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > +More >> The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its >> roots in >> Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the >> world, >> according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky >> plant's guardian. > > > While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of > 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller > tubers > that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. > > Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? > > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Tony Avent USDA Zone 7b, (0-10F winter, 90-100F Summer) Plant Delights Nursery 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603, USA ph 919.772.4794 fx 919.772.4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I've killed it myself...at least three times." - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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