Re: Typhonium (giganteum) behaviour

From: "Alan Galloway" <alan at unity.ncsu.edu> on 1997.10.09 at 18:56:22(1416) On Oct 9, 11:55am, Steve Marak wrote: > Subject: RE: Typhonium (giganteum) behaviour > On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: +More > > > to this monster. And of course Typhonium venosum is an exception > > too.............. > > > > Did anyone else notice how subtly Wilbert slipped this name change in on > us? (Not that we haven't been warned, several times.) Does this mean it's > official now? Sauromatum is no more? Did both species wind up in > Typhonium? > > Ah well, a Sauromatum by any other name would smell as foul. > Yes Steve, I caught that too! I was about to post to the list, "Should I replace my labels this afternoon or wait a bit longer?" The T. giganteum tuber that I received a couple of years ago bloomed this year also, but sadly withered within a day and a half after I first noticed it and I missed the opportunity to photograph it. Alan -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Galloway alan_galloway@ncsu.edu Computing Services, Information Technology Campus Box 7109 North Carolina State University (phone) 919-515-5483 Raleigh, NC 27695-7109 (fax) 919-515-3787

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