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From: Al Wootten awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 2001.05.08 at 19:11:41(6388) Thanks Craig for the updates...I only wish I were passing through Miami sometime soon. I was lucky enough to pass by Raleigh this weekend past on my way from recovering my son's college stuff back to home. Lucky because it was open house at Plant Delights. Several A. konjac were in stately bloom in the Juniper Level garden by the gazebo--a thoroughly delightful garden I might add. I didn't think the smell bad at all, though my mother, traveling with me, disagreed. Numerous Arisaemae dotted the woodland floor. In the nursery I found out how well the name fits--each house held a new collection of treasures. I picked up as many as I could carry--blooming A. sikokianum and kiusianum Makino and several non-aroids. The real treasure, however, was a Dracunculus vulgaris in bud. I worried for the remaining 7 hours of the trip that it would bloom in the car and get me in real trouble with my mother. Every little scent of a passing paper factory got us worried. However, it is now safely in the garden where I only have to worry that it will bloom while I am traveling this next week and asphyxiate my wife and sons. I'm not sure how long the bloom lasts, but it appears a few days from opening; perhaps I can pollinate it and get some seed... Great show, Tony! +More Clear skies, Al

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