Amorphophallus titanum bloom
Lee Poulsen (Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:22:11 PDT)
How interesting that these are going to bloom up in Berkeley and down at
the Huntington (any day now) at virtually the same time despite the fact
that both are being grown in greenhouses under completely controlled
climate conditions. The only thing neither location really controls is
sunlight (intensity, duration, angle, etc.).
--Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USDA Zone 10a
Paul Licht wrote:
The UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley has a titan arum about to open. This
is the same plant, named Trudy, that bloomed in 2005. Trudy (or perhaps
I should say T-Rudy) provided pollin (fathered) the plant we had in 2007
which is the source of seedlings we now sell. T-Rudy reached 62in this
morning but still seems a few days away from opening.