Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence.

From: "Weaver, Bill" <bill.weaver at hp.com> on 2010.01.11 at 18:37:44(20458) I'd say very low. Someone had put together a list of known blooms after mine bloomed in 2004 and it was bloom number 92. 1400 might be closer. -----Original Message----- +More From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Don Martinson Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 2:28 PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its > roots in Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist > in the world, according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the > museum and the stinky plant's guardian. While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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