Message from Ron Gagliardo

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1998.07.16 at 21:53:04(2484) Amorphophiles, Ron Gagliardo at ABG asked me to forward this to the list. See below. Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b ---------- Forwarded message ---------- In reply to: >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 The pollen from FTG never arrived and until Craig returns, no one knows what happened to it. No fed exp. receipts, etc. Black hole. . . . We did collect pollen for the next one. The bud is just starting to grow and it's still a little early to tell for sure if it will be a flower, but it's likely as this one was from the same seed lot and was actually larger in leaf than the one that flowered a few weeks back. If so, approx. bloom date? Maybe late Aug, early sept. Maybe they're on a holiday schedule, which would mean Labor Day! Ours did last a bit longer, maybe because of cooler conditions in the lobby of the conservatory, but more likely because it was on a huge root system (we had not dug this one in years, allowing it to go dormant/grow in the same VERY VERY large pot). Who knows? BTW, the one that finished flowering last week has started sending up a new leaf!!! Thanks, Ron Gagliardo Fuqua Conservatory Atlanta Botanical Garden

From: Don Burns <burns at mobot.org> on 1998.08.18 at 00:05:52(2542) Aroiders- Ron Gagliardo at ABG asked that this be forwarded to the list. Note the end of his message. It sounds like he had another flowering last week? Anyone aware of this event? Did I miss something while I was out of town? Don +More Don Burns Plantation, FL USA Zone 10b ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:37:01 -0400 Subject: RE: Message from Ron Gagliardo In reply to: >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? > >The pollen from FTG never arrived and until Craig returns, no >one knows what happened to it. No fed exp. receipts, etc. Black hole. . .............. . We did collect pollen for the next one. The bud is just starting to grow and it's still a little early to tell for sure if it will be a flower, but it's likely as this one was from the same seed lot and was actually larger in leaf than the one that flowered a few weeks back. If so, approx. bloom date? Maybe late Aug, early sept. Maybe they're on a holiday schedule, which would mean Labor Day! Ours did last a bit longer, maybe because of cooler conditions in the lobby of the conservatory, but more likely because it was on a huge root system (we had not dug this one in years, allowing it to go dormant/grow in the same VERY VERY large pot). Who knows? BTW, the one that finished flowering last week has started sending up a new leaf!!! Thanks, Ron Gagliardo Fuqua Conservatory Atlanta Botanical Garden

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