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  Re: [Aroid-l] Massive Amorphophallus titanum bulb
From: Susan B <honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2009.08.03 at 15:26:54
Brian,
Thanks for the links to the photos.  What is in the jar?

--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Brian O'Brien <bobrien@gustavus.edu> wrote:

From: Brian O'Brien <bobrien@gustavus.edu>
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Massive Amorphophallus titanum bulb
To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Cc: bobrien@gac.edu
Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 9:30 PM

=0A =0AThat's a pretty big corm, especially offered for sale.  Here are=0Asome comparison photos:

=0AOur ca. 30-pound corm: =0A=0Ahttp://arboretum.blog.gustavus.edu/2007/05/26/some-scenes-from-perrys-youthand-hisher-future/=0A

=0AThe same corm at ca. 90 pounds: =0A=0Ahttp://arboretum.blog.gustavus.edu/2007/04/13/unpotting-of-the-titan-arum-corm-may-24-2006/=0A

=0AThe plant now (corm mass unknown  :=3D)  ): =0A=0Ahttp://gustavus.edu/academics/biology/titanarum/?cam=3D1

=0A
Brian O'Brien

=0AAt 11:52 AM 7/31/2009, you wrote:

=0A
WOW!!! Current bid $450! She's=0AHUGE!

=0A
=0AOn Jul 29, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Myke Ashley-Cooper wrote:

=0A> Checking out eBay today, I came across this amazing offer for=0Aan 
=0A> Amorphophallus titanum:
=0A>
=0A> "THIS IS A BIG ONE - PROBABLY THE BIGGEST amorphophallus TUBER=0AEVER 
=0A> OFFERED ON EBAY!!!!
=0A> PLEASE REVIEW THE PICTURES.
=0A> THE CORM WEIGHS  38 lbs.  10 oz.  IT HAS A DIAMETER=0AOF 15=E2=80=9D AND A 
=0A> CIRCUMFERENCE OF 48=E2=80=9DAND IS 10=E2=80=9D HIGH."
=0A>
=0A> The currant bid is $355!!! Click here to check it out.
=0A>
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