Re: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence.

From: "plantguy at zoominternet.net" <plantguy at zoominternet.net> on 2010.01.11 at 17:07:16(20455) Hi Don, I'm sure he meant to say that perhaps 150 have flowered in cultivation rather than what he erroneously said. This is surely one of the more common species offered every year on ebay at this point in time thanks primarily to one seller who offers both huge tubers and large numbers of seed (I believe it is Tindara or something like that). Some day I'd like to see one bloom in person, but it would need to be a pretty close drive to convince me to go. Lets all hope the cold comes to an end soon, Dan +More Gibsonia, PA Original Message: ----------------- From: Don Martinson llmen@wi.rr.com Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:28:12 -0600 To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Number of A. titanums in existence. The A. titanum at our local museum in Milwaukee is about to bloom. http://www.mpm.edu/exhibitions/featured/titan-arum/2010/ An article in the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel stated : > The museum's corpse flower, which has never bloomed before, has its roots in > Sumatra, and only about 140 of the plants are known to exist in the world, > according to Neil Luebke, curator of botany at the museum and the stinky > plant's guardian. While I realize they aren't selling these at K-Mart as yet, the figure of 140 seems rather low to me, at least when you add in all the smaller tubers that seem to be available (at least for a price) as of late. Is this truly an accurate guess as to the number of titanums in existence? Don Martinson Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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