Amorphophallus titanum at Selby - update

Amorphophallus titanum update from Selby:

For all of you Amorphophiles, our larger A. titanum bud dropped its 
cataphylls yesterday afternoon about 2PM. We are anticipating that the spathe 
will begin to open up more throughout today and Wednesday (it is showing much 
more red coloration around the edges now), and by Thursday, we will start to 
see the spathe opening up and maybe get a whiff of that wonderful aroma by 
late Thursday or Friday. We are now predicting full spathe opening will occur 
anywhere from 3-5 days from now, based upon records from previous flowerings 
at Fairchild and Atlanta. The full opening is not easy to pinpoint. Virtually 
everyone wants to know and we can't possibly give an exact date, but stayed 
tuned to our web site (www.selby.org) or call our Amorphophallus Hotline at 
(941) 366-2815. I am updating this recorded message each morning, usually 
around 9:30 -10 AM.

We have a second, smaller flower that should be opening a couple of days 
after the first one, so we will try to pollinate this second inflorescence 
with pollen from the first. I have just learned that Leiden has already set 
seed on one of their A. titanum. We will have to get those details from 
Wilbert.

Both plants are on display side-by-side in our Fernery Trellis area just 
outside the Display House. I hope some of you can make it here to see these 
two astounding monsters blooming together!

More soon,

Donna Atwood
Selby Gardens
811 S. Palm Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236
phone: (941) 954-1237
fax: (941) 366-9807
e-mail: selbyhort@aol.com
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