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Message from Ron Gagliardo

Aroiders-

Ron Gagliardo at ABG asked that this be forwarded to the list.
Note the end of his message. It sounds like he had another flowering last 
week? Anyone aware of this event? Did I miss something while I was out 
of town?

 Don


Don Burns   Plantation, FL USA   Zone 10b

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:37:01 -0400
Subject: RE: Message from Ron Gagliardo

In reply to:

>Does anyone know if the ABG titanum was pollinated with the
>pollen from the FTG titanum flower? I know that pollen was collected from
>the ABG flower for a possible third flower. It also seemed like the ABG 
>flower lasted much longer than the FTG flower. Was it in a cooler area?
>
>The pollen from FTG never arrived and until Craig returns, no
>one knows what happened to it.  No fed exp. receipts, etc.  Black hole. .
.............. .
	
We did collect pollen for the next one.  The bud is just starting to
grow and it's still a little early to tell for sure if it will
be a flower, but it's likely as this one was from the same seed lot
and was actually larger in leaf than the one that flowered a few weeks
back.  If so, approx. bloom date?  Maybe late Aug, early sept.  Maybe
they're on a holiday schedule, which would mean Labor Day!  Ours did last a
bit longer, maybe because of cooler conditions in the lobby of the 
conservatory, but more likely because it was on a huge root system (we
had not dug this one in years, allowing it to go dormant/grow in the same 
VERY VERY large pot). Who knows? BTW, the one that finished flowering last 
week has started sending up a new leaf!!!
	Thanks,
	Ron Gagliardo
	Fuqua Conservatory
	Atlanta Botanical Garden
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