Re: Amorphophallus titanum Blooming at Fairchild Tropical Garden

From: "Greg Ruckert" <greg at ezi-learn.com.au> on 1998.06.18 at 03:05:46(2323) >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. Over recent days we have seen a woman giving birth over the net. Pity we can't get a netcam of the titanum. Far more interesting than watching someone that you don't know giving birth - and a much rarer event as well. Failing that, the idea appeals to me of converting the time lapse photos to gifs, then animating them. If nobody else wants to do it I am happy to if I can get hold of the pics. Greg Ruckert +More Australian Areae Collection http://www.ezi-learn.com.au/areae/default.html

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