Perry the Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum) went to sleep in July, only to re-awaken in September. That two-month snooze was the shortest so far. Perry’s first post-leaf sleep lasted nearly nine months; the second one was four months (and I was shocked at how short that one was…). The pictures in this post depict Perry dozing off, then re-awakening two months later. Standard Perry scale object Tuan Tran (Gustavus ’13) provides a familiar perspective. :)
I’ll post more on Perry’s current growth soon. We’ve seen some spectacular changes since the last post.
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