Amorphophallus titanum goes Hollywood

From: Steve Marak samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2006.02.11 at 03:13:21(13852) I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... no one has mentioned the mention of Amorphophallus titanum on CBS's "Crime Scene Investigation" last night. My attention was drawn from my computer by the words "amorphophallus titanum" (though not pronounced the way I normally hear it said) to see a shot of a plant tag for, indeed, "Amorphophallus titanum". Since it was germane to the plot, they even remarked on a common name of "rotting corpse flower". There was nothing in sight that looked remotely like a real A. titanum, of course, or any amorphophallus, but hey, it's a mention of an aroid on the number one show on prime time television here in the US - can "The Great Aroid Movie" be far behind? Steve +More -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 2006.02.11 at 03:26:02(13853) Steve, I also caught the mention of Am. titanum on the show last night. In fact, a couple of my co-workers today asked if I saw CSI last night. I guess Amorphs can now be considered 'mainstream'! Alan +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Aroid list" Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:13 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum goes Hollywood I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... no one has mentioned the mention of Amorphophallus titanum on CBS's "Crime Scene Investigation" last night. My attention was drawn from my computer by the words "amorphophallus titanum" (though not pronounced the way I normally hear it said) to see a shot of a plant tag for, indeed, "Amorphophallus titanum". Since it was germane to the plot, they even remarked on a common name of "rotting corpse flower". There was nothing in sight that looked remotely like a real A. titanum, of course, or any amorphophallus, but hey, it's a mention of an aroid on the number one show on prime time television here in the US - can "The Great Aroid Movie" be far behind? Steve -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Hal or Nancy Robinson" robyn82 at bellsouth.net> on 2006.02.11 at 03:37:47(13854) But the writers said the Amorphophallus was a genetic mutant. Lots of noise at my house over that remark. Nancy Tennessee +More > I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... no one > has mentioned the mention of Amorphophallus titanum on CBS's "Crime Scene > Investigation" last night. > > My attention was drawn from my computer by the words "amorphophallus titanum" > (though not pronounced the way I normally hear it said) to see a shot of a > plant tag for, indeed, "Amorphophallus titanum". Since it was germane to the > plot, they even remarked on a common name of "rotting corpse flower". > > There was nothing in sight that looked remotely like a real A. titanum, of > course, or any amorphophallus, but hey, it's a mention of an aroid on the > number one show on prime time television here in the US - can "The Great Aroid > Movie" be far behind? > > Steve > > -- Steve Marak > -- samarak@gizmoworks.com > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: ronmchatton at aol.com on 2006.02.11 at 04:31:18(13855) On the contrary. If you were looking closely, there were two structures that looked remarkably like unopened Amorphophallus hewittii flowers. They weren't on the screen for very long but clearly there. +More Ron McHatton -----Original Message-----From: Steve Marak To: Aroid list Sent: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:13:21 -0600 (CST)Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum goes Hollywood I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... no one has mentioned the mention of Amorphophallus titanum on CBS's "Crime Scene Investigation" last night. My attention was drawn from my computer by the words "amorphophallus titanum" (though not pronounced the way I normally hear it said) to see a shot of a plant tag for, indeed, "Amorphophallus titanum". Since it was germane to the plot, they even remarked on a common name of "rotting corpse flower". There was nothing in sight that looked remotely like a real A. titanum, of course, or any amorphophallus, but hey, it's a mention of an aroid on the number one show on prime time television here in the US - can "The Great Aroid Movie" be far behind? Steve -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: hermine hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2006.02.11 at 08:25:50(13861) At 07:13 PM 2/10/2006, Steve Marak wrote: I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... no one has mentioned the mention of Amorphophallus titanum on CBS's "Crime Scene Investigation" last night. I HEARD IT! My attention was drawn from my computer by the words "amorphophallus titanum" (though not pronounced the way I normally hear it said) to see a shot of a plant tag for, indeed, "Amorphophallus titanum". Since it was germane to the plot, they even remarked on a common name of "rotting corpse flower". But yes, nothing resembing an Amorphophallus titanum, mispronounced~ There was nothing in sight that looked remotely like a real A. titanum, of course, or any amorphophallus, but hey, it's a mention of an aroid on the number one show on prime time television here in the US - can "The Great Aroid Movie" be far behind? I thought it was influenced PERHAPS the THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! This is not the first forensic horror this program has featured! hermine +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: hermine hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2006.02.11 at 08:27:17(13862) At 07:37 PM 2/10/2006, Hal or Nancy Robinson wrote: But the writers said the Amorphophallus was a genetic mutant. Lots of noise at my house over that remark. Nancy Tennessee I now recall that they also showed WITH GREAT DISTASTE, a selection of Bromeliads, which looked like Neoregelias, and remarked that they were the result of derantged "experiments"! hermine +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "snowsexotics" snowsexotics at cox.net> on 2006.02.11 at 14:29:14(13864) I was going to post...sometimes my posts don't get posted. I posted it on GW. My boyfriend saw it but the plant he described wasn't a titanum. I was excited that they even made mention of it though. SNOW'S EXOTICS +More ALL THINGS EXOTIC! www.snowsexotics.com ----- Original Message ----- To: "Aroid list" Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:13 PM Subject: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum goes Hollywood I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... no one has mentioned the mention of Amorphophallus titanum on CBS's "Crime Scene Investigation" last night. My attention was drawn from my computer by the words "amorphophallus titanum" (though not pronounced the way I normally hear it said) to see a shot of a plant tag for, indeed, "Amorphophallus titanum". Since it was germane to the plot, they even remarked on a common name of "rotting corpse flower". There was nothing in sight that looked remotely like a real A. titanum, of course, or any amorphophallus, but hey, it's a mention of an aroid on the number one show on prime time television here in the US - can "The Great Aroid Movie" be far behind? Steve -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l __________ NOD32 1.1403 (20060210) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Susan B honeybunny442 at yahoo.com> on 2006.02.11 at 15:28:54(13866) Steve Marak wrote: I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch ... You have never been to my house, have you Steve? HA. Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail._______________________________________________ +More Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "Leo A. Martin" leo at possi.org> on 2006.02.11 at 18:39:54(13868) On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 Steve Marak wrote > I'm impressed by how little television the members of Aroid-L watch What is "television?" Does it have a spathe? A spadix? Is it winter-hardy? Leo Martin +More Phoenix Arizona USA _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Baumfarn Webmaster webmaster at baumfarn.at> on 2006.02.12 at 00:23:23(13871) Can someone please be so kind and post the title and which CSI (CSI: New York; CSI: Miami) serial it was? I'm sure that it's not syncronized yet and that I have a good chance to see it in the future. thanks Peter +More _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: Steve Marak samarak at gizmoworks.com> on 2006.02.12 at 19:20:08(13873) Peter, That's the original CSI, no suffix, and according the CBS web site, the title of that episode was "Pirates of the Third Reich". On that same website, at: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/episodes/615/index.shtml there is a - surprisingly detailed - plot synopsis, which also mentions Amorphophallus titanum by name. This episode definitely had one of those little "mature content, viewer discretion advised" warnings at the beginning, and I should probably warn all that the suggestion that one might want to grow plants like the "rotting corpse flower" if one was in fact trying to provide an excuse for the aroma of decomposition was one of the least disturbing plot points ..... Steve +More On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Baumfarn Webmaster wrote: > Can someone please be so kind and post the title and which CSI (CSI: New > York; CSI: Miami) serial it was? I'm sure that it's not syncronized yet and > that I have a good chance to see it in the future. > > thanks > Peter -- Steve Marak -- samarak@gizmoworks.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "snowsexotics" snowsexotics at cox.net> on 2006.02.12 at 23:24:55(13875) Hi Peter, It was Las Vegas. SNOW'S EXOTICS +More ALL THINGS EXOTIC! www.snowsexotics.com ----- Original Message ----- To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum goes Hollywood Can someone please be so kind and post the title and which CSI (CSI: New York; CSI: Miami) serial it was? I'm sure that it's not syncronized yet and that I have a good chance to see it in the future. thanks Peter _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l __________ NOD32 1.1404 (20060211) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: piaba piabinha at yahoo.com> on 2006.02.13 at 22:43:48(13877) hmm... who can take hollywood seriously when they exhibit a serious lack of knowledge about science? i recall a L&O: SVU episode in which the criminal, an orchid grower, is undone by the "pollen" of some rare orchid, which is found in the crime scene and tracked back to his greenhouse. everybody knows orchids don't have pollen, but pollinia. +More ========= tsuh yang __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

From: "snowsexotics" snowsexotics at cox.net> on 2006.02.16 at 17:11:48(13879) Actually, I didn't know it was called pollinia. I don't know much about Orchids...I do grow them though. SNOW'S EXOTICS +More ALL THINGS EXOTIC! www.snowsexotics.com ----- Original Message ----- To: "Discussion of aroids" Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Amorphophallus titanum goes Hollywood hmm... who can take hollywood seriously when they exhibit a serious lack of knowledge about science? i recall a L&O: SVU episode in which the criminal, an orchid grower, is undone by the "pollen" of some rare orchid, which is found in the crime scene and tracked back to his greenhouse. everybody knows orchids don't have pollen, but pollinia. ========= tsuh yang __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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