Re: A. titanum at Selby - update

From: SelbyHort at aol.com on 1999.05.15 at 01:46:27(3356) Craig, We can't move the titanums indoors to do any temperture controls. Right now they are placed outside under a roof near the exit of our Display House. One of the things we have struggled with is how to stage these massive plants so that visitor traffic flow won't be bottlenecked. We really don't have a good place to display such large plants! Something for all of you who have potential flowering specimens to think about! We are concerned about night roaming animals such as racoons and opossums when the plants near peak flowering and release odors that might attract such critters, so we have 24 hour security keeping watch. As for the timing of flowering: we can probably successfully store the pollen for a day or two under controlled conditions. Scott Hyndman provided some useful notes about this procedure a couple of days ago. Donna Atwood Selby Gardens +More In a message dated 99-05-13 22:52:52 EDT, you write: << Dear Aroid-L and Donna, Donna Atwood wrote about the double flowering Titanums at Selby Gardens - that they would probably flower 3 days apart. I have observed informaly that the A. Konjac seems to respond to temperature reductions by growing more slowly. With over a week to go and only 3 days apart, would it be possible to shelter / cool the first plant a bit and bring their flowering closer to improve chances of a pollination????? Might be worth a try. Regards, Craig >>

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