Re: Amorph. titanum at Huntington BG
- To: lindsey@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Amorph. titanum at Huntington BG
- From: A* W*
- Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 11:55:01 -0500 (CDT)
According to spies at Caltech:
The predicted date of opening of the "flower" has been moved to tomorrow--
right now it is almost six feet tall. Apparently, it has really begun to smell
raunchy which means that it is about to open (yeehaw!). No word on
thermogenesis monitoring by infrared spacecraft instrumentation.
If you're really obsessed, you can get updates on this thing at that
Amorphophallus titanum hotline: 1-800-200-5566.
Clear skies,
Al
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