RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

From: "Kathy Kempf" wont_read101 at hotmail.com> on 2002.04.22 at 20:59:10(8604) LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL We "USA'ers" do not use "stone" that is a pure Britishism. A stone is about 12 pounds. I don't know what that works out to in metric, but I guess you can use a metric converter. We also hate metric in this country, but most of us do use the pound, rather than the stone. I sure got a great laugh from your message! >From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" +More >Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >Subject: RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:36:12 -0500 (CDT) > >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 > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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