Most of the political occasions I'm familiar with do not require a titan to create this odor. Paul Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 5/1/2012 3:47 PM, ds429@comcast.net wrote: > > Well, Paul, isn't that something to look forward to?! Oh, I can think of many political occasions where pots of blooming Amorphophallus titanum would set the tone most appropriately! > > > > Dell > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Paul Licht"<plicht@berkeley.edu> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society"<pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 6:04:30 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Amorphophallus titanum about to Bloom in Niagara Falls Ontario > > Having experienced 8 so far in the Garden here, I can tell > you to expect a large rotting rat odor for at least 12 hrs > if not a bit more. > Paul > > Paul Licht, Director > University of California Botanical Garden > 200 Centennial Drive > Berkeley, CA 94720 > (510)-643-8999 > http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ > > > > On 5/1/2012 12:54 PM, elilium71@roadrunner.com wrote: >> Hi all, >> Anyone in the Niagara Peninsula, Western New york or Southern Ontario you might want to take a look. >> http://blog.niagaraparks.com/news/… >> It is expected to bloom today or tomorrow. I hope to get up there on Saturday. >> Has anyone experienced the bloom's fragrance personally? What should I expect? >> Thanks, >> Eric Duma >> NY side of the lake >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/