RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.04.23 at 19:14:45(8611) Julius, you're weird you know, funny but weird. Lord P. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- +More > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens Julius Boos > Verzonden: maandag 22 april 2002 20:39 > Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Onderwerp: Re: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wilbert Hetterscheid > To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:36 AM > Subject: RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request > > > 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 > > 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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