FW: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

From: Scott Hyndman hyndman at aroid.org> on 2002.04.22 at 02:51:53(8584) Dear All, Please note the request below from Greg Redwood of Kew for pollen to pollinate their soon to bloom Titan Arum. For your information, I think that this may be the reblooming of the tuber that received all of the interesting publicity back in 1996 per the URL at http://www.kew.org.uk/kewscientist/ks_oct96/titan.html featuring our own Peter Boyce during his tenure there. Even if it is the not the same, it will truly be an enormous inflorescence judging by the weight of the tuber! There were so many Amorphophallus titanum bloomings here in the US and else where last year that it was hard to keep up with all of them. Hopefully, someone can help Greg out with some stored pollen, or perhaps someone knows of a possible contact for fresh pollen. Please contact Greg directly at your earliest convenience. Also, please feel free to share firsthand experience with the tricky technology and art of pollinating these fascinating plants as not all hand pollination attempts have been successful. +More I hope that Greg can please keep us up-to-date with the status of Kew's Titan Arum. Best regards, Scott ------------- Scott Hyndman, President International Aroid Society Homepage: http://www.aroid.org/ Vero Beach, Florida, USA USDA Hardiness Zone 10a E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org ---------------------------------------------- Organization: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Reply-To: G.Redwood@rbgkew.org.uk Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:08:36 +0000 To: hyndman@aroid.org Subject: amorpholphallus titanum pollen Dear Scott, I found your web page whilst searching for possible sources of pollen for Amorphophallus titanum. We have a very large tuber (11 stone) which will open its flower in approximately 4 weeks. I am very keen to pollinate this and am therefor trying to find someone who has stored some pollen for this purpose. If you, or anyone you know, has stored some pollen from a previous flowering, we would be very grateful to recieve some. We would, of course, return the favour when ours opens. Many thanks for your time, Greg Redwood Head of Great Glasshouses & Training Section Horticulture & Public Education Department Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond Surrey TW9 3AB UNITED KINGDOM Phone +44-(0)20 8332-5589 Mobile +44-(0)7956 360165 Fax +44-(0)20 8332-5524

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