titanum pollen

From: "Don Bittel" <dbittel at treco.net> on 1998.07.16 at 12:06:20(2475) Hi all, Does anyone know if the ABG titanum was pollinated with the pollen from the FTG titanum flower? I know that pollen was collected from the ABG flower for a possible third flower. It also seemed like the ABG flower lasted much longer than the FTG flower. Was it in a cooler area? Don Bittel

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1998.07.16 at 12:21:19(2477) Don, Don't know about the pollen situation. The lobby of the ABG conservatory was air conditioned the last time I was there. If this is still the case then the ABG plant was 15degF cooler than the FTG plant. Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b

From: Daryl Pulis <pulis at mindspring.com> on 1998.07.16 at 16:10:47(2480) Don, I heard second hand that the pollen from FTG never arrived in Atlanta. And yes, the Atlanta A. titanum was in the very cool lobby of the Conservatory, with a lightweight shade shielding it from the hot sun. Daryl

From: Lester Kallus <lkallus at earthlink.net> on 1998.07.16 at 18:25:55(2481) OK, I'll take the risk of getting busted and going to jail when the NY Times claims copyrite infringement. They never have responded to give me permission to print their article. Nevertheless, I'll quote one paragraph which will answer the pollen question: "While pleased with Monday's show, officials at the botanical garden were disappointed that they were not able to artificially pollinate the plant, an unprecedented feat. Officials at the Fairchild garden in Miami collected pollen from their plant last month and supposedly sent it to Atlanta, but it never arrived. 'The pollen,' Gagliardo said dejectedly, 'seems to be lost in the mail.'" Now if I do end up in jail, will someone bring cookies? Les +More At 11:12 AM 7/16/98 -0500, you wrote: >Don, > >I heard second hand that the pollen from FTG never arrived in Atlanta. And >yes, the Atlanta A. titanum was in the very cool lobby of the Conservatory, >with a lightweight shade shielding it from the hot sun. > >Daryl >

From: "Sean O'Hara" <SAOUC at UCCMVSA.UCOP.EDU> on 1998.07.16 at 21:40:13(2482) >Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 07:09:47 -0500 >Sender: aroid-l@mobot.org >From: "Don Bittel" >To: saouc@uccmvsa.ucop.edu >Subject: titanum pollen > > Hi all, > Does anyone know if the ABG titanum was pollinated with the pollen from the > FTG titanum flower? I know that pollen was collected from the ABG flower > for a possible third flower. It also seemed like the ABG flower lasted much > longer than the FTG flower. Was it in a cooler area? I have an article from that was given to me by a friend, entitled Atlanta Journal; Its Bloom Is the World's Largest, but Its Smell is an Eye-Opener, which report about the flowering of the A. titanum at the Atlanta Botnical Garden (I don't know for sure what newspaper it is from, or date. I suspect it is a local publication). In this article, Ron Gagliardo states that the pollen sent from Fairchild apparently never arrived, so pollination was not possible. It seems Ron was in Denver visiting friends when this A. titanum started opening several days earlier than expected. He was seen in the Denver airport pleading for any space on a plane home, showing pictures of a picture of a flowering plant to convince them he was telling the truth. Needless to say they thought he was pretty weird and likely let him on the plane to get him out of the state quickly!! As reported during the Kew flowering, visitors were slightly dissappointed that the flower DID NOT SMELL WORSE after the big buildup about its stench! Sean O. +More Sean A. O'Hara sean.ohara@ucop.edu 710 Jean Street (510) 987-0577 Oakland, California 94610-1459 h o r t u l u s a p t u s U.S.A. 'a garden suited to its purpose' * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ask me about the worldwide Mediterranean gardening discussion group

From: Don Martinson <dmartin at post.its.mcw.edu> on 1998.07.17 at 02:48:43(2485) >'The pollen,' Gagliardo said dejectedly, 'seems to be >lost in the mail.'" The mail? The U.S. Mail????? While I generally respect and appreciate the USPS, I can't believe that the success of this unique opportunity was intrusted to the US Mail. Was there no kind soul who would have volunteered to deliver this personally? I realize that Miami and Atlanta are some 650+ miles apart, but... Who of us hasn't driven 100's of miles out of our way to visit that "special" nursery or botanical garden? Oh well, "Sic transit Gloria Titani". Don Martinson +More Milwaukee, Wisconsin

From: Wilbert Hetterscheid <hetter at vkc.nl> on 1998.07.17 at 12:36:53(2486) Guys, Now that this pollen transfer seems to have failed, I will send titanum pollen from Holland to Ron. We had a flowering specimen here about 1.5 week ago. I guess the pollen should still be o.k. I am going to be away from my email as of today, so I cannot answer any follow-up questions on this. Ron, can you FAX your snail mail address asap to: (31)715275181, attnd. mr Art Vogel. He'll send the pollen. Good luck! Cheers, Wilbert +More > ---------- > From: Don Martinson[SMTP:dmartin@post.its.mcw.edu] > Reply To: aroid-l@mobot.org > Sent: vrijdag 17 juli 1998 4:47 > To: hetter@vkc.nl > Subject: Re: titanum pollen > > >'The pollen,' Gagliardo said dejectedly, 'seems to be > >lost in the mail.'" > > The mail? The U.S. Mail????? > > While I generally respect and appreciate the USPS, I can't believe > that the > success of this unique opportunity was intrusted to the US Mail. Was > there > no kind soul who would have volunteered to deliver this personally? I > realize that Miami and Atlanta are some 650+ miles apart, but... > > Who of us hasn't driven 100's of miles out of our way to visit that > "special" nursery or botanical garden? > > Oh well, "Sic transit Gloria Titani". > > Don Martinson > Milwaukee, Wisconsin > > > >

From: "Julius Boos" <ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 1998.07.20 at 20:23:54(2497) >'The pollen,' Gagliardo said dejectedly, 'seems to be >lost in the mail.'" >>The mail? The U.S. Mail????? +More While I generally respect and appreciate the USPS, I can't believe that the success of this unique opportunity was intrusted to the US Mail. Was there no kind soul who would have volunteered to deliver this personally? I realize that Miami and Atlanta are some 650+ miles apart, but... Who of us hasn't driven 100's of miles out of our way to visit that "special" nursery or botanical garden? Oh well, "Sic transit Gloria Titani". Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin<< Dear All, I reserve "judgement" till all the facts are in, but am really crushed that this unique oppertunity to pollenate this unique plant was screwed up, either by "someones" slackness, OR by the USPS. Keep us informed as to where the pollen eventually got to. Thanks, Julius ju-bo@msn.com

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