Amorphophallus titanum Blooming at Fairchild Tropical Garden

From: "Susan T. Staiger" <ststaiger at earthlink.net> on 1998.06.17 at 16:37:21(2321) I visited the titanum yesterday afternoon and it is certainly not being overhyped!!! The big news is that a time lapse camera was installed shortly before I got there which means there will be a filmed record of the final development and opening of the inflorescence. This should be a fascinating process. It looks like it is maybe a couple of days away from full flower but really, what do any of us know!!!?. Tricia Frank of IAS has been there each afternoon to answer questions and help watch the plant while Craig M. Allen,the grower and proud "father" tries to get some other work done around the greenhouse. I guess I am hooked now and will,whether I have time or not,be making the daily trek to FTG for the duration of this genuine EVENT in the Aroid +More world. After much procrastination I finally joined Aroid-L only yesterday----this is my first posting----I hope it is of some interest.I will report again if I find any information not covered by the web site updates. Susan T. Staiger

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