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Arb Sightings 7/15/10
St. Peter saw another half inch of rain fall over this past weekend, but somehow yesterday’s severe storms missed most of south-central Minnesota. Several tornadoes did however touch down just over an hour east of St. Peter near Northfield, and both hail and high winds were observed in the Twin Cities. As temperatures yesterday in […]
Vive la Perry!
Happy Bastille Day from Perry and her/his mentor and godfather! Perry continues to grow at an astounding rate. I’ve included a calibration photo for the present growth: Perry at approximately the same stage on May 5, 2007. The other photos were taken on July 13 and 14. The second of those features new Perryophile Matt […]
The Perry Blossom Special
The Perry Train has long since left the station, and is now barreling along at full speed. Perry’s inflorescence continues to grow at a rate of centimeters per day, and an organization has been created to coordinate activities. Once the “It’s opening!” button is pushed, the well-oiled machine that is the Perry Lollapalooza Plan […]
Arb Sightings 7/8/10
I think it’s safe to say that Minnesota has broken its recent pattern of summer droughts. After three years in a row of unusually dry summers, this past June alone saw several inches of rain throughout the state. All that rain actually caused many of the state’s rivers to reach flood stage, something that doesn’t […]
Titan Arum Eruption – The Spadix Emerges
Perry the Corpse Flower (aka Titan Arum, aka Amorphophallus titanum) continues his/her volcanic skyward surge. In the initial stage of the titanic vegetable eruption, the spathe (the leafy, outer part of the inflorescence), in a grinning, somewhat Elvis-like manner, revealed her/himself to human eyes on July 4, 2010. Fireworks were set off (probably not in […]
Perry the Titan Arum to Bloom Soon!
This afternoon, July 4, 2010, the spathe of Perry’s inflorescence was revealed. The lettuce-like appearance shows that this will be an inflorescence. The first sight of the spathe on Perry the last time was on the evening of April 26, 2007, and the inflorescence began to open on the afternoon of May 12. It was […]
Titan Surge!
Perry the Titan Arum (aka Corpse Flower) continues to grow rapidly. The shoot that is now arising has a suspicious rotundity – the shape indicates that it could well be an inflorescence (or perhaps the reincarnation of John Adams). If it’s an inflorescence, I estimate that Perry will flower toward the end of July or […]
The Titan Awakens!
It’s been a long time since my last update on Perry, but he/she has been either stolidly photosynthesizing, dozing off, or sleeping for quite a while during the past couple of years. No more! Perry recently awakened from only four months of stony sleep (I had expected at least nine months…). This is startling, and […]
Arb Sightings 5/28/10
As May comes to a close the weather is nothing short of beautiful, if not a bit on the hot side. It looks as though we may be in for another early summer drought, however, as most of southern Minnesota hasn’t seen any significant rainfall in two weeks and the immediate forecast shows little or […]
Arb Sightings 5/20/10
A dry, warm week in mid- to late May is generally a good thing, as many of us have outdoor events and ceremonies planned that we’d rather not have to postpone. This has been one of those weeks, and other than a bit of wind it has been a gorgeous one. Looking ahead through the […]