A. titanum at Selby - update

From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 1999.05.13 at 23:48:23(3352) Here's the latest on the Amorphophallus titanum flowering event here at Selby Botanical Gardens. We have two flowering buds developing and they appear to be timed about three days apart. The larger bud has broken free of its cataphylls and is now enlarging rapidly. This morning it is 113 cm, or 44.5 inches tall. It has grown over 3.5 inches since yesterday. The smaller bud started "peaking" out from its cataphylls yesterday and is now 65.4 cm or 25.75 inches high. We are tentatively predicting that the larger bud will open about 8 days from now, the smaller one about three days later. That will place peak or near peak flowering for the first bloom around the weekend of May 22-23. Of course, we can't know with any certainty this far in advance, so I will keep you all updated every couple of days on the flowering progress. I am gathering some information about our cultural techniques for these two plants and will post that in my next message. I do hope some of you can make a trip to see this double flowering. It is apparently very rare for two titanums to be so sychronized. Does anyone have any information about whether a double flowering in cultivation has ever occurred before? Please let me know via this newslist or e-mail me directly at More soon! Donna Atwood Selby Gardens +More 811 S. Palm Avenue Sarasota, FL 34236 phone: (941) 954-1237 fax: (941) 366-9807 e-mail: selbyhort@aol.com Amorphophallus titanum Hotline: (941) 366-2815 - recorded message updated each morning by 9:30 AM ET

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