Re: Stink Alert! From Craig at FTG
- Subject: Re: Stink Alert! From Craig at FTG
- From: C* A*
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 23:26:06 -0500 (CDT)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Tyerman" <ptyerman@ozemail.com.au>
To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" <aroid-l@mobot.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Stink Alert!
>
> Howdy All,
>
> Sorry to ask yet another question.........
>
> How old is Mr Stinky?
***That tuber is 8 years old from seed - Craig Allen, Fairchild Garden
>How old does an Amorphophallus titanum have to be to
> flower?
*** Mr. Stinky bloomed the first time when five years old (tuber was 35
lbs.) and a second time when 8 years old (tuber 68 lbs.) - Craig Allen,
Fairchild Garden
>For that matter, how old do the other species need to be to flower
> (I'm talking from seed to flowering here)? I realise that A. bulbifer
> grows bulbils which are easier than seed.... but how many years does it
> take the bulbils to reach maturity? I realised looking at all those
> different ones at the Fairchild site that I have absolutely no idea at
all.
***neither do I. I have gotten most of the other species from donated
tubers. Except for the giants of the genus, I haven't had time to make
detailed records of progress other than tuber weight. - Craig Allen,
Fairchild Garden
> I've got so many questions about them now. How much do the tubers of the
> variosu species usually weigh when they get to flowering size?
*** I will try to find time later to look up some of that info, but life is
totally insane here now. There are still television crews coming in every
few hours. - Craig Allen, Fairchild Garden
> Ok... I'l stop now. You can see that this has gotten to me a bit. I just
> wish I could see them in person. Does anyone know if there are any mature
> specimens of A. titanum and A. gigas in Australia?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Paul Tyerman
> Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8
> p*@ozemail.com.au
>
> Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Lilium, Aroids, Irises
> plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!
>
>
