Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence.

From: "Steve Hatfield" <moondogman at comcast.net> on 2010.01.14 at 15:00:00 “Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say thenumber is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died.”   With the luck ive had with the 5 I have tried (None from Tony) thatcould be a good possibility. :>) Steve   From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Susan B Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 20101:14 PM To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Number ofA. titanums in existence.   He might have meant blooming size plants. --- On Mon, 1/11/10, Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> wrote: From: Tony Avent <tony@plantdelights.com> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com> Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 6:59 PM Don: Since we have sold 672 A. titanums since 2000, I'd say the number is slightly low....unless they know that 532 of them have died. > The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. > > http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ > > An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > >> The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its >> roots in >> Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the >> world, >> according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky >> plant's guardian. > > > While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of > 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller > tubers > that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. > > Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? > > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-L mailing list > Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > Tony Avent USDA Zone 7b, (0-10F winter, 90-100F Summer) Plant Delights Nursery 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC  27603, USA ph 919.772.4794 fx 919.772.4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I've killed it myself...at least three times."  - Avent _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l   ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01CA9500.566BE290----===============4387325434947787775==

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