Re: Number of A. titanums in existence.

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I'd say very low. Someone had put together a list of known blooms after mine bloomed in 2004 and it was bloom number 92. 
1400 might be closer. 

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From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Don Martinson
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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

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