[Aroid-l] A. titanum at UC Berkeley's Botanical Garden

From: ju-bo at msn.com (ju-bo at msn.com) on 2008.05.31 at 09:59:17(17648) ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 21:07:27 +0800 > To: aroid-l at gizmoworks.com > From: gcyao at mydestiny.net > Subject: [Aroid-l] A. titanum at UC Berkeley's Botanical Garden Dear George, Thanks for sharing these remarkable photos with all of us. It is amazing to see an infructesence of this rare species in cultivation surrounded by a ''security wall'' for its protection! Jim Symon would be SO proud to see his ''grandkids'' (or "great-grandkids"?) developing, actually they look NEARLY ripe! A question---does anyone know where the pollen was obtained to ''do the deed'' on this plant?? In other words, who is the ''baby daddy'' to these fruits! The Best, Julius +More > Hello everyone, > > First of all, thank you Tom Vincze, Dan Levin, Tsuh Yang, and Jason > Stone for your response to my query about good nurseries in California. > > I didn't find any, but I did go to the UC Berkeley's botanical > garden. I couldn't make it to the plant sale but I was able to see > the A. titanum in fruit on display there. > > Attached are photos to share with you. > > Note that it was under lock and key, and FYI, closely guarded by a > closed-circuit security camera. The 2nd photo shows a close-up of the fruits. > > George Yao > Metro-Manila > Philippines

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