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Quail A. titanum in the news

From: "Randall M. Story" story at caltech.edu> on 2002.07.18 at 01:16:00(9113)
Title: Quail A. titanum in the news
There is a news story with a photo on CNN.com titled:
The nose knows: 'Stinkiest' flower on display
One visitor's response: 'Eeeeeewwwwwwwwwww'
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/17/giant.stinky.flower.ap/index.html
The latest update from Quail at 760-436-3036 x6 says "The bloom of the corpse flower is in decline, however the flower has not collapsed. The corpse flower is still very interesting so please come and see."
Randy

From: Ramar Of The Jungle hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2002.07.18 at 03:18:25(9114)
The nose knows: 'Stinkiest'
flower on display
One visitor's response:
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'Eeeeeewwwwwwwwwww'
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/17/giant.stinky.flower.ap/index.html
The latest update from Quail at 760-436-3036 x6 says "The bloom of
the corpse flower is in decline, however the flower has not
collapsed. The corpse flower is still very interesting so please
come and see."
One could take along rotting hamburger left out of the
refrigerator for at least a week, and smeared with limburger, in a
sealed baggie and bring it along and sniff it while looking at the flower
in order to replicate the experience, if one is too late to smell the
real thing.
hermine

From: Walter Greenwood walterg at nauticom.net> on 2002.07.19 at 02:26:40(9117)
This story came up this morning in the MSNBC news briefs broadcast to my
Skytel pager. A. titanum is officially a 21st-century national phenom!

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at msn.com> on 2002.07.19 at 15:32:44(9120)
Just a quick note less we forget---all or most of these A. titanum (and
other rarities like A. gigas that has just finished blooming at Fairchild
Tropical Gardens in Miami with nary a 'wimper' from the press) are the
direct result of the efforts of the late Dr. James (Jim) Simon who collected
the seed in the wilds of Asia.
May his memory live on, he did not live long enough to see and enjoy the
fruits of his labor.
Julius
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>>This story came up this morning in the MSNBC news briefs broadcast to my
Skytel pager. A. titanum is officially a 21st-century national phenom!

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