Re: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum flowering in Sydney, Australia

From: "Alistair Hay" <ajmhay at hotmail.com> on 2004.10.08 at 01:52:09(12264) Hi Julius, It was a baby at 1.33 metres. And yes its a sibling of many that have flowered much earlier in the US and Europe. I attribute the long delay in getting ours to flower to the psychological trauma caused by the idea of applying NPK in the necessary quantities - most Australian plants are killed by even 'normal' quantities of these elements, especially Phosphorus. Eventually the horticultural staff who look after our TAs rose to my challenge to kill a subset of our holdings by overfeeding! The result was pots toppling over as they bulged with swelling tubers, and one (at 15.5 kg) producing a flower. Alistair +More ----- Original Message ----- From: Julius Boos To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 10:07 AM Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum flowering in Sydney, Australia >From: Paul Tyerman >Reply-To: Discussion of aroids >To: Discussion of aroids >Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorph titanum flowering in Sydney, Australia >Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:55:40 +1000 > Dear Paul, Thanks for sharing this news with us! A happy event indeed. Perhaps Dr. Hay (if he reads thsi) may be so kind as to try to determine from wence this plant came, if by chance from a Jim Symon seed collection? I`m sorry that you missed seeing this amazing bloom. Any details as to how tall the bloom was, etc.?? The Best, Julius Boos WPB, FLORIDA >Howdy All, > >I found out on the news last night that Amorphophallus titanum is >currently in flower in the Tropical House at the Botanic Gardens in >Sydney, Australia. I thought I'd inform the group in case there was >anyone who was in Sydney who didn't know about it and wanted to see >it. > >If I'd known about it being about to open I would have arranged to >get up there to see it, but unfortunately it only appeared on the >news last night already in flower and I couldn't just drop >everything to get up there and see it today. Most frustrating as i >definitely would have got up there if I'd known. > >Hopefully all of those on this list in the Sydney region interested >in Amorphs will get a chance to view it as it is only the second >time there has ever been a flowering in Australia I have been told. >Last night the Botanic Gardens remained open until midnight to allow >people to view it. I'd imagine if still open this evening the same >will likely apply. > >Cheers. > >Paul Tyerman >Canberra, Australia (a few hours south of Sydney unfortunately) > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-l mailing list >Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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