Young titan arum bloom

Dennis Kramb dkramb@badbear.com
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 07:14:02 PDT
Congratulations Paul!  That's a great photo of your stinky new bloomer!
One of these days I'll get to smell one for real.

Dennis in Cincinnati



On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Paul Licht <plicht@berkeley.edu> wrote:

> We were excited to learn this past weekend that one of the *Arum
> titanum *tubers
> produced by our spring, 2008 seed crop bloomed in a greenhouse in Berkeley
> (see images on https://www.facebook.com/UCBotanicalGarden/). We have not
> pushed the growth of our tuber supply because of space constraints but
> these plants are clearly able to bloom at an a relatively young age if
> pampered. The young bloom only reached 4 ft but had a good strong odor.
>
> Those of you who recently got a tuber from us now really have something to
> look forward to.
>
> Paul
>
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> University of California Botanical Garden
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> Berkeley, CA 94720
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