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Perry and Kin on BuzzFeed – Three Titans!
Perry and his kin in California and Connecticut have been spotlighted on the BuzzFeed site as a near-simultaneously-flowering trio – see this link for an interesting description of this West Coast/Midwest/East Coast occurrence. See the Titan Arum webcams for a live look at Perry. Three cameras are linked (distant, top-down, and close-up). The close-up camera […]
Perry Needs Gustavus People…
Gustavus Students, Faculty, and Staff, When Perry opens, there will be a need for people to help with guiding the crowds through Nobel Hall, providing information of various types about both Perry and the campus, and miscellaneous other duties. If you’re interested in helping out, contact Emily Hoefs, our greenhouse manager, via e-mail: ehoefs@gustavus.edu.
Perry’s Sister/Brother (Ted) is Opening!
The world of Titan Arum aficionados is currently experiencing a unique event – three plants flowering at approximately the same time across the U.S. – in California, Minnesota, and Connecticut. Ted the Titan at the University of California, Davis, started opening today. For a preview of what we will soon see with Perry, see live […]
Perry to be on KARE-11 Newscast
Perry will be spotlighted on the KARE-11 6:00 newscast TODAY. A follow-up is planned. UPDATE -Tuesday, May 8 For a link to the KARE-11 story, click here.
Perry’s Pigment Precedes Prodigious Plume
Perry has definitely begun producing a burgundy-colored pigment within the spathe. If one looks into the area where the spathe is most obviously beginning to spread prior to fully opening, the color is clearly visible. I’ve moved webcam A to monitor this area of the spathe. While the color is not obvious from the external […]
Perry’s Height
Perry has been a strongly-growing girl/boy. He/she has increased in both height and girth. Alex and I have been recording the height for quite some time now, to the nearest centimeter (graph and equation forthcoming on this blog). Meanwhile, the photo linked in this post provides a vivid, if low-precision, impression of the rate of […]
Perry’s Fame Increases Dramatically
Yesterday was Honors Day at Gustavus, so we had a big crowd of family and friends of the students visiting. Perry was mentioned twice during the ceremonies – once in Paul Saulnier’s Carlson Award address and once by Dean Eric Eliason. Continuous occupation of the greenhouse by crowds for hours ensued. Several of us, including […]
Perry the Corpse Flower – Update
The Gustavian Weekly story on Perry and his/her associated human enablers appeared today. In addition, our titanic plant has been spotlighted on the news section of the Gustavus website. Emily Hoefs, Alex Burum and I were recently interviewed by a representative of a major Minnesota news entity. More on that later. Meanwhile, here are some […]
Measurement, Hydrophobicity, and Name of the Corpse Flower
The Corpse Flower’s height topped one meter today – our measurement was 102 cm (note the enhanced stick – a two-meter stick rather than a meter stick). Alex, on the other hand, is still roughly the same size that he was a few days ago. The photos are from May 1 and May 2. Alex […]