RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" hetter at worldonline.nl> on 2002.04.22 at 15:36:16(8592) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Could anyone tell me what 11 stones measures up to??????? Gads, I thought you USA'ers were a pain in converting to Celsius but this one takes the cake....... Stones, can you believe it? My crusade for the decimal/metric system on this group obviously is futile........and I have tried SOOOOOOOOOOO hard. This is not going to work by a mile (did I say "mile"?????). Lord S. Tony Phalloids +More > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [mailto:aroid-l@mobot.org]Namens Scott Hyndman > Verzonden: maandag 22 april 2002 4:50 > Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L > Onderwerp: FW: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request > > > Dear All, > > Please note the request below from Greg Redwood of Kew for pollen to > pollinate their soon to bloom Titan Arum. For your > information, I think > that this may be the reblooming of the tuber that received all of the > interesting publicity back in 1996 per the URL at > http://www.kew.org.uk/kewscientist/ks_oct96/titan.html > featuring our own > Peter Boyce during his tenure there. Even if it is the not > the same, it > will truly be an enormous inflorescence judging by the weight > of the tuber! > > There were so many Amorphophallus titanum bloomings here in > the US and else > where last year that it was hard to keep up with all of them. > Hopefully, > someone can help Greg out with some stored pollen, or perhaps > someone knows > of a possible contact for fresh pollen. Please contact Greg > directly at > your earliest convenience. Also, please feel free to share firsthand > experience with the tricky technology and art of pollinating these > fascinating plants as not all hand pollination attempts have been > successful. > > I hope that Greg can please keep us up-to-date with the > status of Kew's > Titan Arum. > > Best regards, Scott > > ------------- > Scott Hyndman, President > International Aroid Society > Homepage: http://www.aroid.org/ > Vero Beach, Florida, USA > USDA Hardiness Zone 10a > E-mail: hyndman@aroid.org > > > ---------------------------------------------- > From: "Greg Redwood" > Organization: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew > Reply-To: G.Redwood@rbgkew.org.uk > Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:08:36 +0000 > To: hyndman@aroid.org > Subject: amorpholphallus titanum pollen > > Dear Scott, > > I found your web page whilst searching for possible sources of > pollen for Amorphophallus titanum. We have a very large tuber (11 > stone) which will open its flower in approximately 4 weeks. I am > very keen to pollinate this and am therefor trying to find someone > who has stored some pollen for this purpose. If you, or anyone you > know, has stored some pollen from a previous flowering, we would > be very grateful to recieve some. We would, of course, return the > favour when ours opens. > > Many thanks for your time, > > Greg Redwood > Head of Great Glasshouses & Training Section > Horticulture & Public Education Department > Royal Botanic Gardens, > Kew, > Richmond > Surrey > TW9 3AB > UNITED KINGDOM > Phone +44-(0)20 8332-5589 > Mobile +44-(0)7956 360165 > Fax +44-(0)20 8332-5524 > >

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