Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum bloom in Indonesia

haha, i was just thinking taht same thing tonight while out for dinner.  I think we may be on to something...  Maybe they were really short and noone told them.  Maybe everyone said they were normal sized and the people telling them that are 10 feet tall..
-Danny Wilson

>From: "Derek Burch"
>Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
>To:
>Subject: Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum bloom in Indonesia
>Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 20:45:41 -0500
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>Very short jackasses to whom the plant may look huge?  The writer of the
>original article wasn't too swift either. Derek
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu [mailto:aroid-l-owner@lists.ncsu.edu] On
>Behalf Of danny wilson
>Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:10 PM
>To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
>Subject: Re: [aroid-l] A. titanum bloom in Indonesia
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>What kind of jackass would throw rocks at an A. titanum......  That doesnt
>look like 9.5 feet to me, its like closer to 6.....
>-Danny Wilson
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> >From: Al Wootten
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> >Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
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> >To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu
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> >Subject: [aroid-l] A. titanum bloom in Indonesia
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> >Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:14:46 -0500
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> >From yahoo
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> >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/indonesia_stinky_flower
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> >The Amorphophallus titanum - known locally as a "carcass
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> >flower" for the stench its bulbs emit upon opening - blossomed
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> >Thursday at the Cibodas Botanical Garden in Bogor.
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> >The flower, one of the largest and smelliest in the world, comes
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> >from the rain forests of Sumatra island, and typically grows to
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> >more than 9 feet tall.
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> >Officials at the garden on the southern outskirts of the capital
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> >Jakarta claimed this particular flower reached a height of 9.5 feet
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> >- a new record as the tallest Amorphophallus titanum.
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> >Inhale...
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> >Clear skies,
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> >Al
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