Hello All,
This note doesn't involve orchids, but I think that a number of
readers of this forum are also interested in other plants of bizarre
or unusually interesting nature. We have a large plant of
Amorphophallus titanum that has recently initiated a shoot. We don't
know, at present, whether it's a new, massive leaf or an
inflorsecence. The corm weighed 90 pounds when it was last repotted,
so we hope that enough energy is present for an inflorescence.
The plant is now being monitored by a webcam
at: http://www.gustavus.edu/welcome/webcam/biology/image.jpg.
In addition, I've posted some photos at my Flickr
site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aeranthes/. I'll plan to update
the site, and there might be a special website set up for the
plant. I'll post further developments.
Brian O'Brien
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Brian A. O'Brien, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter, Minnesota 56082 U.S.A.
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