A. titanum to bloom in Cambridge, U. K.

From: Al Wootten <awootten at cv.nrao.edu> on 2004.08.27 at 18:24:27(12064) An astronomer friend writes from the Cavendish Laboratory: I notice we seem to have an amorphophallus flowering in Cambridge next week! Thought you might be interested. I haven't been along yet, but I will try to see the flowering next week - they say Sept 1 or 2. http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/amorpho1.html +More One bloomed recently of the two at Virginia Tech. I saw an article in the newspaper on the evening of 4 August. It opened that night at 10pm. The next morning I skipped the ALMA Board Telecon (living dangerously) to drive the 3 hours down there. It was already closing up and the famous odor barely detectable at 2pm but it was the thrill of the month by far. You can see me and the strange flower at: http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/AmorphophallustitanumVT.htm note the little window carved into the base to access the pollen. Clear skies, Al _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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