Entries tagged with ‘Gustavus’Page 7
Unpotting of the Titan Arum Corm on May 24, 2006
Britt Forsberg, Brian O’Brien, Alex Burum, and Emily Pelton unpot the corm. The photo descriptions are given below. 1. Note the enormous stress that the corm has put on the pot while growing. We had to cut the pot to get it off, and it burst about halfway through the cut. 2. Emily, Alex, Brian, […]
Most Recent Leaf of the Titan Arum
Max Leither and the latest leaf on our largest Amorphophallus titanum, July 6, 2005; Max and the senescent leaf, late March 2006. See the Titan Arum webcam for a live look at the plant. The image is renewed at five-minute intervals.
Titan Arum measurement – April 11, 2007
Here’s the latest large-scale measurement – the shoot has grown in height and circumference; Alex remains constant. I’ll also post a close-up. See the Titan Arum webcam for a live look at the plant. The image is renewed at five-minute intervals.
Titan Arum Measurement, April 4, 2007
My student Alex Burum and I are doing a series of measurements, with Alex and a meter stick as scaling objects, at approximately two-day intervals (more accurate measurements are also being made during each session). The current photo was taken on April 10, 2007 – click on the thumbnail for a larger version. I’ll update […]
Introduction to the Titan Arum
The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) can be found growing in the wild on Sumatra in Indonesia; it occurs naturally nowhere else. For several hours while in bloom, the flower will emit a powerful odor that is reminiscent of the odor of rotting flesh—explaining the popularity of the “corpse flower” and “corpse plant” sobriquets. The odor […]