Dennis These are becoming less rare; we've had 8 blooms so far in the past 7 years. In fact, we sell them as house plants; many report they are doing great for them. You can own your own; we happen to have a nice large 2.5lb dormant tuber at the moment. Paul Paul Licht, Director University of California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ On 4/11/2013 7:13 AM, Dennis Kramb wrote: > NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It happened right in my own > backyard!!! And I never knew about it... > > "That’s because the Titan Arum flower is not only rare – fewer than 200 > have bloomed in cultivation and Ohio is home to only three other such > flowers – but it’s huge – 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide." > > http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130410/… > > I must go kill myself now. > > Dennis in appropriately rainy, gloomy, dreary Cincinnati > > > On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think this 3 minute video is from Cincinnati - showed up on USAToday >> on-line. >> >> http://usatoday.com/videos/news/… >> >> Some glimpses of this truly sculptural flower, and too much of people >> trying to find a more familiar comparison for the stench >> >> Judy in New Jersey where we've had 1.70 inches of rain in the last 15 >> hours. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >