From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.04.22 at 18:40:44(8594)
Hi There Lord P,
Now I think back 50 years or so to my little kindergarten school in the S.
of a Tropical Island, sitting under the shade of a tree, my Hindu teacher,
whip in hand, leading all us little rainbow-colored multi-racial kids in
one of the MANY 'chants we memorised--"sixteen drams one ounce, sixteen
ounces one pound, fourteen pounds one STONE---AH HA!!!! So 'your' tuber
weighs 124 lbs.!!! See, Colonialism was good for SOMETHING!! Anyone out
there in cyberspace care to find out how long a 'chain' is? Or how many
hundredweights equal a ton???
Julius
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J '>>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Could anyone tell me what
11
stones measures up to??????? Gads, I thought you USA'ers were a pain in
converting to Celsius but this one takes the cake....... Stones, can you
believe it? My crusade for the decimal/metric system on this group obviously
is futile........and I have tried SOOOOOOOOOOO hard. This is not going to
work by a mile (did I say "mile"?????).
Lord S. Tony Phalloids
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens Scott Hyndman
> Verzonden: maandag 22 april 2002 4:50
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Onderwerp: FW: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request
>
>
> 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.
>
> 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
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> From: "Greg Redwood"
> 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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