Amorphophallus titanum at UBC

Paul Licht plicht@berkeley.edu
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:54:12 PDT
  Josh
To answer both questions: Yes, it is ok to direct others to 
us; in fact, I think I have two more dormant nice sized 
titan tubers. Secondly, I have been posting full daily 
pictures of all our titan blooms. They are accessed via our 
home page or at 
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/root_images/…

Paul Licht, Director
University of California Botanical Garden
200 Centennial Drive
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510)-643-8999
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/



On 7/30/2010 7:37 AM, Josh Young wrote:
> I directed a guy on another forum to you that is interested in Titan Arums, I
> explained you charge per size.  He's very interested!  I hope that was okay?
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> Thanks
> Josh
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> From: Paul Licht<plicht@berkeley.edu>
> To: Pacific Bulb Society<pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
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> Subject: Re: [pbs] Amorphophallus titanum at UBC
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> Greg
> We have our 15 yr old plants in a variety of pots. We have not been encouraging
> full growth because of space constraints and I was frankly caught by surprise
> when this latest 'little' one bloomed. It defies the conventional wisdom that
> corms need to reach 30lbs. Many places that use injection fertilization are
> producing much larger plants, although not necessarily blooming. Also, like most
> geophytes that I have played with, once you start treating them nicer, they
> respond and grow; i.e., stunting is not permanent.
> Paul
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> Paul Licht, Director
> Univ. California Botanical Garden
> 200 Centennial Drive
> Berkeley, CA 94720
> (510)-643-8999
> http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/
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> On 7/29/2010 9:45 PM, Greg Ruckert wrote:
>> Love the photos on the website but I am astounded by how small the pots are
>> that you grow these giants in.
>> Is that deliberate - a method to encourage flowering?
>> Cheers and well done from Down Under.
>> Greg Ruckert
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