RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

Stone as in Stone Age, I guess. Well, I am glad somebody had a laugh........
I guess that's all a serious observer of the non-metric systems can do.
Laugh his head off.

Lord P.



> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [a*@mobot.org]Namens Kathy Kempf
> Verzonden: maandag 22 april 2002 22:58
> Aan: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L
> Onderwerp: RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request
>
>
> LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL We "USA'ers" do not
> use "stone" that
> is a pure Britishism.  A stone is about 12 pounds.  I don't
> know what that
> works out to in metric, but I guess you can use a metric
> converter.  We also
> hate metric in this country, but most of us do use the pound,
> rather than
> the stone.  I sure got a great laugh from your message!
>
>
> >From: "Wilbert Hetterscheid" <hetter@worldonline.nl>
> >Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
> >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
> >Subject: RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request
> >Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:36:12 -0500 (CDT)
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > Van: aroid-l@mobot.org [a*@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" <g.redwood@rbgkew.org.uk>
> > > 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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