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[…] The cycle is well under way – Perry the Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum) is once again growing a titanic leaf. I wrote about the awakening last month, and the photo in this post introduces a new face on the blog, Tran Tuan, the latest Gustavus student Perry scale object in what is becoming a substantial series. The initial growth of the last leaf was faithfully photographed by Nick Murray (Gustavus ’10) while I was out of town for a chemistry meeting, and Nick also served well as a scale object for the towering leaf. The ur-scale-object is, of course, Alex Burum (Gustavus ’07). Others who have served in this capacity, both with and without measuring sticks, are to be found in various spots in the blog and/or on Flickr, and are destined to be featured again in a collective (and perhaps Warholesque) blog post. Dan, Anthony, Emily, Molly, Philip, Max… […]