Re: FW: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

From: J Romey jromey39 at yahoo.com> on 2002.04.22 at 19:13:15(8595) I have some pollen left over, not much, but some. Will someone forward me an email so I can reach them. Thanks +More --- Scott Hyndman wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/

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