A. titanum at Berkeley

From: "Weaver, Bill" <bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2007.07.20 at 07:29:12(15986) I just received the attached photo from the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley. It is currently 36.5 inches in height and is sure looking like it is going to be a bloom. Is there any way to estimate when this will actually open? Thank you for any information Bill Weaver +More Attachment: Titan arum 7-19-07 JW (4)PS.jpg Description: Titan arum 7-19-07 JW (4)PS.jpg _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2007.07.20 at 21:42:59(15989) Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Friday, July 20, 2007 7:29 AM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : [Aroid-l] A. titanum at Berkeley Attachment : Titanarum7-19-07JW(4)PS.jpg (0.27 MB) Dear Bill, This is almost certainly a flower bud, and may be at LEAST a couple of weeks away from opening! Perhaps others on this list who were closely involved w/ other recent bloomings of this species may be able to take a look at the stage of the bud`s development and give a more accurate prediction! Thanks for sharing! Julius +More >>I just received the attached photo from the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley. It is currently 36.5 inches in height and is sure looking like it is going to be a bloom. Is there any way to estimate when this will actually open? Thank you for any information Bill Weaver Titanarum7-19-07JW(4)PS.jpg _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Brian O'Brien" <bobrien at gustavus.edu> on 2007.07.21 at 20:43:47(15992) As one of those persons to whom Julius refers with regard to recent flowerings of A. titanum - yes, I agree that it looks like an inflorescence. The bulging shape is an indicator; the leaf shoots are more conical. Based on our plant, I would say, very roughly, that it has about three weeks to go. For a better feel as to what the different stages look like, see my collection of aroid photos at my Flickr site, which contains numerous dated photos of the progress of the growth of our plant's inflorescence (the inflorescence began opening in late afternoon of May 12, and close to fully open (85%) about six hours later. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeranthes/sets/72157594157213817/ Brian +More At 04:42 PM 7/20/2007, you wrote: >From : Weaver, Bill Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Friday, July 20, 2007 7:29 AM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : [Aroid-l] A. titanum at Berkeley Attachment : Titanarum7-19-07JW(4)PS.jpg (0.27 MB) Dear Bill, This is almost certainly a flower bud, and may be at LEAST a couple of weeks away from opening! Perhaps others on this list who were closely involved w/ other recent bloomings of this species may be able to take a look at the stage of the bud`s development and give a more accurate prediction! Thanks for sharing! Julius >>I just received the attached photo from the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley. It is currently 36.5 inches in height and is sure looking like it is going to be a bloom. Is there any way to estimate when this will actually open? Thank you for any information Bill Weaver Titanarum7-19-07JW(4)PS.jpg _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A. e-mail bobrien@gustavus.edu or bobrien@gac.edu tel. (507)933-7310 fax (507)933-7041 http://www.gustavus.edu/~bobrien _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Brian O'Brien" <bobrien at gustavus.edu> on 2007.07.22 at 07:25:58(15994) I should add (and should have included earlier) links for the flowerings of A. titanum at the Botanical Garden of Bonn. The posted graphs of the rate of growth of the inflorescence should be particularly useful for prediction of the time of flowering. Here's the link: http://botgart.uni-bonn.de/o_samm/eng_vers/amor_en.html Brian +More Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:43:47 -0500 To: Discussion of aroids Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] A. titanum at Berkeley Cc: bobrien@gac.edu As one of those persons to whom Julius refers with regard to recent flowerings of A. titanum - yes, I agree that it looks like an inflorescence. The bulging shape is an indicator; the leaf shoots are more conical. Based on our plant, I would say, very roughly, that it has about three weeks to go. For a better feel as to what the different stages look like, see my collection of aroid photos at my Flickr site, which contains numerous dated photos of the progress of the growth of our plant's inflorescence (the inflorescence began opening in late afternoon of May 12, and close to fully open (85%) about six hours later. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeranthes/sets/72157594157213817/ Brian At 04:42 PM 7/20/2007, you wrote: >From : Weaver, Bill Reply-To : Discussion of aroids Sent : Friday, July 20, 2007 7:29 AM To : Discussion of aroids Subject : [Aroid-l] A. titanum at Berkeley Attachment : Titanarum7-19-07JW(4)PS.jpg (0.27 MB) Dear Bill, This is almost certainly a flower bud, and may be at LEAST a couple of weeks away from opening! Perhaps others on this list who were closely involved w/ other recent bloomings of this species may be able to take a look at the stage of the bud`s development and give a more accurate prediction! Thanks for sharing! Julius >>I just received the attached photo from the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley. It is currently 36.5 inches in height and is sure looking like it is going to be a bloom. Is there any way to estimate when this will actually open? Thank you for any information Bill Weaver Titanarum7-19-07JW(4)PS.jpg _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -- Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A. e-mail bobrien@gustavus.edu or bobrien@gac.edu tel. (507)933-7310 fax (507)933-7041 http://www.gustavus.edu/~bobrien -- Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A. e-mail bobrien@gustavus.edu or bobrien@gac.edu tel. (507)933-7310 fax (507)933-7041 http://www.gustavus.edu/~bobrien _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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