List of publicised titan arum blooms in cultivation
This list of publicized titan arum blooms in cultivation is a partial listing of flowering events of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in cultivation.
Date | Location | Notes | Reference | |
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1889 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | First known flowering in cultivation | ||
1894 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | Titan arum became the symbol of the Indonesian Botanic Gardens | ||
1901 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
1924 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | |||
1926 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
1929 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
June 28, 1929 | Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany | |||
1930 | Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany | |||
1932 | Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands | Spadix grew to a height of 2.67 m (8.75 ft) and spathe was 1.5 m (4.92 ft) in diameter | ||
1934 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | |||
1935 | Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands | |||
1935 | Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden | First bloom in Sweden. Bloom of a 29 kilogram plant, acquired from Sumatra in 1932. Bloom reached 1.55 meter. | ||
1936 | Bern Botanical Garden, Switzerland | |||
1937 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | Spadix grew to a height of 2 m (6 ft). Corm imported from Sumatra by Prof. Koernicke in 1934. | ||
June/August? 1937 | New York Botanical Garden, New York City | Spadix grew to a height of 2.57 m (8.43 ft). Corm weighed 45.36 kg. The titan arum became the "Official Flower of the Bronx". | ||
July 2, 1939 | New York Botanical Garden, New York City | Spadix grew to a height of 1.22 m (4 ft). Corm weighed 14.06 kg. | ||
1939 | Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany | |||
July 1940 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | |||
1956 | Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands | |||
1980 | Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany | |||
1985 | Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany | Spadix grew to a height of 2.49 m (8.17 ft). | ||
April 27–28, 1987 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | Spadix grew to a height of 1.63 m (5.35 ft). | ||
1994 | Botanical Garden, Mainz, Germany | |||
1994 | Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany | |||
March 14, 1994 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001. | ||
1995 | Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands | |||
February 15, 1995 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | Spadix grew to a height of 1.45 m (4.76 ft) and the spathe was 63 cm (2.07 ft) in diameter. | ||
May 8–11, 1996 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | |||
May 30 – June 2, 1996 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | |||
1996 | Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany | |||
July 1996 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
1997 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001. | ||
May 1, 1998 | University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States | Spadix grew to 0.89 m. (2 feet 11 inches) high. Plant grown from wild-collected seed discovered by Dr. Jim Symon. The seed was planted in February 1995, and grown in the University of Missouri/St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton. "Archie" was the very first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom in the United States since 1939. | ||
May 1–3, 1998 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | Spadix grew to a height of 2.34 m (7.68 ft). | ||
June 24, 1998 | Fairchild Tropical Garden, Florida, United States | Spadix grew to a height of 1.51 m (4.95 ft) and spathe was 0.76 m (2.49 ft) in diameter. Also bloomed in May 2001. | ||
July 6, 1998 | Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia, United States | Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m (6.23 ft). | ||
May 21, 1999 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | |||
Summer 1999 | University of Washington, Seattle | |||
July 7, 1999 | Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton | |||
August 1, 1999 | The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens | |||
September 3, 1999 | Fairchild Tropical Garden | |||
July 7, 2000 | Botanic Gardens, University of Bonn | |||
June 12, 2000 | Atlanta Botanical Garden | |||
June 13, 2000 | Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton | |||
May 7, 2001 | University of Washington, Seattle | |||
May 15, 2001 | Fairchild Tropical Garden | |||
May 2001 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | |||
June 7, 2001 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |||
June 20, 2001 | University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States | Spadix grew to 1.22 m. (4 feet) high. Corm weight was 9.98 kg. (22 pounds). Grown in the University of Missouri-St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton. | ||
June 27, 2001 | Fairchild Tropical Garden | |||
2002 | Giardino dei Semplici, Florence, Italy | it:Giardino dei Semplici | ||
May 1, 2002 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
May 29, 2002 | University of Washington, Seattle | |||
June 1, 2002 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
June 20, 2002 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
July 31, 2002 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | |||
August 7, 2002 | Huntington Botanical Gardens | |||
Mid-August, 2002 | University of California-Santa Barbara | Only bloom from specimen "Tiny." Received from University of Connecticut in 1995. | ||
May 12, 2003 | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden | Garden's fifth since 1998 | ||
May 22, 2003 | Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany | |||
May 23, 2003 | Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton | |||
June 9, 2003 | UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis | |||
June 10, 2003 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London | Kew's fourth since April 2002 | ||
July 2, 2003 | Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest | (French) | ||
July 23, 2003 | United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC | Garden's second since 2001 | ||
July 6, 2004 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | The first Titan bloom at UConn. | ||
July 12, 2004 | Mast Arboretum, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas | |||
August 4, 2004 | Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia | |||
August 4, 2004 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | University's third since 2001 | ||
August 13, 2004 | UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis | |||
September 2, 2004 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge | |||
7 October 2004 | Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia | |||
11 April 2005 | Eden Project, St Austell, UK | |||
21 April 2005 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London | Kew's fifth since April 2002 | ||
May 14, 2005 | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden | Garden's fifth since 1998 | ||
May 30, 2005 | San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers | |||
June 9, 2005 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | University's fourth since 2001 | ||
18 June 2005 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London | Kew's sixth since April 2002 | ||
June 28, 2005 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | University's fifth since 2001 | ||
June 29, 2005 | Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle | On loan from University of Washington | ||
June 29, 2005 | Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||
July 14, 2005 | University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley | On loan from Bill Weaver | ||
July 14, 2005 | Botanic Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden | Second bloom in Sweden, first bloom in the Botanic Garden in Gothenburg. | ||
August 13, 2005 (est) | The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton, MA | |||
October 20, 2005 | Stuttgart Zoological and Botanic Garden, Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany | (German) | ||
November 19, 2005 | United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC | Specimen owned by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany | ||
May 13, 2006 | Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany | First titan arum with more than one inflorescence | (German) | |
June 5, 2006 | Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton | |||
August 5, 2006 | Virginia Tech Biological Sciences Greenhouse, Blacksburg, VA | |||
August 7, 2006 | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York | |||
August 15, 2006 | Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, WA | On loan from the University of Washington | ||
August 21, 2006 | Laconia NH Lakeport Fire Station, Laconia, NH | |||
November 2, 2006 | Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia | |||
February, 2007 | Eden Project, Cornwall | |||
April 22, 2007 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |||
May 3, 2007 | Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota | |||
May 7, 2007 | Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis | |||
May 12, 2007 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | This was this specimen's second bloom. | ||
June 1, 2007 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | This was the first bloom for this specimen. | ||
July 1, 2007 | UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina | |||
July 2, 2007 | United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC | On loan from the Smithsonian Department of Botany Research. | ||
July 23, 2007 | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH | This was the first bloom for this specimen, named Cronus, obtained in 1994 from the National Aquarium in Baltimore. | ||
August 7, 2007 | University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA | Named Titania, after the Shakespearean fairy | ||
August 14, 2007 | Giardino dei Semplici, Florence | |||
October 4, 2007 | Giardino dei Semplici, Florence | |||
April 10, 2008 | Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN | Plant called "Bob" had a bloom of ~2' in height. | ||
June 21, 2008 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois | First Titan Arum bloom in Illinois | ||
July 8, 2008 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Back-to-back blooms for this specimen (13-month dormancy with no intervening leaf stage, possibly a first?); final height 70.5" (about 1.79m), UConn's largest bloom to date. | ||
July 20, 2008 | The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton, MA | |||
July 28, 2008 | Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle | On loan from University of Washington | ||
August 5, 2008 | National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium | Named Jean-Pol, de knol. Spadix grew to a height of 1.56 m. | ||
September 6, 2008 | National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium | Named Hercule, le tubercule. Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m. | ||
November 10, 2008 | Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | The first bloom for the specimen, named Neilson. | ||
May 1, 2009 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Two plants were in bloom. See photos below. | ||
June 7, 2009 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | First bloom for the specimen, after 14 years of dormant cultivation. Grown in the University of Missouri/St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton. | ||
June 17, 2009 | The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens | |||
June 22, 2009 | University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley | Trudy | ||
June 28, 2009 | Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest | Second bloom of this specimen | (French) | |
October 28, 2009 | Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin | |||
15 January 2010 | Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||
March 1, 2010 | Nathanael Greene Park, Friends of the Garden, Springfield, Missouri | 'Audrey' 35 lb tuber. Current height 4 feet 5 inches with a 27.5 inch girth. | ||
May 2, 2010 | Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL | |||
May 15, 2010 | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH | This was the second bloom for this specimen, named Cronus, obtained in 1994 from the National Aquarium in Baltimore. | ||
June 4, 2010 | The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens | Second bloom at The Huntington Library in a row. | ||
June 9, 2010 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Second bloom for this specimen | ||
June 10, 2010 | Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | |||
June 22, 2010 | UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina | Second bloom of this specimen. | ||
June 29, 2010 | University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA | Maladora | ||
July 11–12, 2010 | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | First flowering for a 15-year-old plant | ||
July 22–24, 2010 | Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX | First bloom, "Lois" | ||
July 24–25, 2010 | Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota | Second bloom; "Perry" | ||
December 17, 2010 | Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil | First bloom; first time ever in South America | ||
September 14–16, 2010 | Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York | First bloom; "Metis". Spadix grew to 67.5 inches tall. Grown from seed acquired in Bali in 2005. | ||
September 21, 2010 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | University's sixth since 2001 | ||
October 11, 2010 | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | University's first since seed acquired in 2001 | ||
January 25, 2011 | Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia | First for 2011 | ||
March 15, 2011 | National Botanic Garden of Belgium | Third bloom, second of this tubercule since 2008, height 235 cm | ||
April 22, 2011 | Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | |||
April 23, 2011 | Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | The first Titan Arum grown from seed to bloom in Ohio | ||
April 24, 2011 | Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, Hilo, Hawaiʻi | Plant from private collection, on loan for public display | ||
May 12, 2011 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | Second bloom from a specimen that was planted in February 1995 and first bloomed in 1998. At the time, "Archie", a nickname derived from the word "archetype", was the very first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom in the United States since 1939. Bloom height at 1.35 m (53 inches) and weight of 10 kg. This is the 4th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. | ||
May 18, 2011 | Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden | Third bloom in Sweden, second bloom in Bergianska trädgården. First bloom of "Cronus". Bloom reached 1.42 meter, first bloom in Sweden from a specimen from Jim Symon's seeds. | ||
May 19, 2011 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | Height of 1.42 m (56 inches) and circumference of 0.94 m (37 inches). First bloom from a specimen also from Jim Symon's seeds. "Betty" is the 5th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. | ||
June 3. 2011 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Tuberous offset from a specimen that flowered in 2005. Tuber weighed 120 kg and reached a height of 2.91M. | ||
June 8. 2011 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Tuberous offset from a specimen that flowered in 2005. Tuber weighed 80 kg and reached a height of 2.82M. Pollen from the bloom on June 3 was used to successfully pollinate this bloom. Fruit was collected in November of the same year. | ||
June 8. 2011 | University of Washington, Seattle | Second bloom from a specimen that started as a seed in 1995, flowered in 2003 and then went dormant as a 50-pound tuber. | ||
June 12, 2011 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | Height of 1.83 m (72 in) and circumference of 1.4 m (55 in). Second bloom from a specimen that also bloomed 2 years ago in 2009 and was nicknamed "Jim Symon", in honor of the collector of the seed. This is the 3rd consecutive bloom this year and the 6th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis over the past 16 years under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. | ||
June 16, 2011 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Corm #5, 159 cm | ||
June 23, 2011 | Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis | |||
June 28, 2011 | Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN | The plant, called "BOB,too", was grown from a seed collected in Sumatra in 1993 by Dr. James Symon while working with David Attenborough on filming the BBC nature documentary The Private Life of Plants. | ||
July 4, 2011 | Murdough Greenhouse, Biology Dept, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH | This 10-year-old specimen bloomed for the first time. Bloom was 70" tall, Nicknamed Morphy. Second bloom September 23, 2016. | ||
July 15, 2011 | University of Illinois, Urbana, IL | Planted 10 years ago from a seed from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Titan, this was the first bloom for "Titania". The bloom was 55 inches in height. She is expected to bloom again in 2–3 years. | ||
March 18, 2012 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | "Wee Stinky" flowered to a height of 1.68M. | ||
May 4, 2012 | Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | This specimen, named "Morph" bloomed around 6pm May 4, 2012. It reached 2.41M in height. This is the first bloom reported in Canada. | ||
May 14, 2012 | Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | This specimen was named "Clive". It was expected to bloom around May 14 but no confirmation found. Pollen from "Clive" was donated to The Ohio State University to pollinate a bloom named "Jesse" later in May. | ||
May 19, 2012 | Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri | First flowering of a Titan Arum at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Titan Arum was grown from seed sent by Jim Symon to Kathy Upton at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. | ||
May 25, 2012 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | Named "Jesse" to honor OSU track star and Olympian Jesse Owens. Bloom began to open at 3:21 PM on May 25, 2012. Height was 5' 7.75" Tuber weight 35 lbs. This is second recorded bloom at OSU. | ||
June 6, 2012 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Dubbed "007" as it was the 7th bloom at the Eden Project and it was 7 years old. Tuber weighed 35 kg and reached a height of 2.57M. | ||
June 9, 2012 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | First bloom since 2005. | ||
June 14, 2012 | Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas | Only fourth instance of a Titan arum blooming in the U.S. state of Texas. Named "Morticia". | ||
June 16, 2012 | University of Connecticut | Corm #3, 2nd bloom for this specimen - 128 cm | ||
June 19, 2012 | Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts | First blooming at the zoo. Also named "Morticia." Blossom lasted less than 24 hours. | ||
June 19, 2012 | Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri | A month after the first flowering of a Titan Arum at the Missouri Botanical Garden a second plant flowered. | ||
June 21, 2012 | University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark | First bloom in Denmark. Specimen donated by the Botanical Garden in Bonn in 2003. | ||
July 1, 2012 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Third bloom for the "Velvet Queen." First bloomed on June 21, 2008, then again on June 9, 2010. 2012 inflorescence was 47.25" tall. Tuber was 33 lb. | ||
November 19, 2012 | Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | Second bloom of this specimen | ||
December 25, 2012 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia | First bloom of this specimen | ||
December 27, 2012 | Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Second bloom of this specimen | ||
4 January 2013 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia | Second plant not on public display | , | |
April 9, 2013 | Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States. | |||
April 21, 2013 | Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | |||
May 14, 2013 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | Second bloom of specimen "Woody" reached 72.5" tall. Tuber weight 49 lbs. | ||
May 24, 2013 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | First bloom for specimen "Maudine", tuber division of specimen "Jesse". Named for 1926 OSU Homecoming Queen. Bloom reached 54.5" and tuber weighed 25 lbs. | ||
June 19, 2013 | California State University Chico, Chico, California | |||
June 20–21, 2013 | Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York | Second bloom; "Metis". | ||
June 21, 2013 | Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany | Bloom reached 2.90 meters. | (German) | |
July 10, 2013 | Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden | Third bloom at Bergianska, fourth in Sweden. First bloom of 18-year-old "Crius", a specimen from Jim Symon's seeds. Bloom reached 1.94 meters. | (Swedish) | |
July 13, 2013 | University of Connecticut | First inflorescence for 'Maximus'. Flower unfortunately aborted without opening fully, perhaps due to lighting issues. | ||
July 21, 2013 | United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC | First bloom for specimen. | ||
July 30, 2013 | University of California-Santa Barbara | First bloom for specimen "Chanel." From 2002 cross of UCSB "Tiny" x Huntington Botanical Gardens. | ||
August 1, 2013 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin | Plant was named "Dennis." | ||
August 8, 2013 | Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Plant named Romero, in honor of George A. Romero, whose 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead was filmed in the Pittsburgh region. Expected to bloom in Mid-August. | ||
August 19, 2013 | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | Second bloom. | ||
October 31, 2013 | Gustavus Adolphus College | Plant named Perry, bloomed for the third time. | ||
December 1, 2013 | Domain Wintergardens, Auckland | First bloom in New Zealand. | ||
May 13, 2014 | University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy | First recorded bloom of 2014. | ||
June 11, 2014 | University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy | Second bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden. | ||
June 24, 2014 | Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, OCC Horticulture Garden | "Little John" | ||
June 29, 2014 | Jardin des plantes de Nantes, France | (French) | ||
July 11, 2014 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Fourth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, and July 1, 2012. 2014 inflorescence was 76.0" tall. Tuber was 62 lb. | ||
July 11, 2014 | University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark | Second bloom in Denmark from same specimen as in 2012. The flowerstalk reached a height 192 cm. | ||
July 16, 2014 | Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany | First bloom in Hannover. | ||
August 8, 2014 | Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo, New York | |||
September 28, 2014 | Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | Third bloom since 2011. Tuber weighed 45 kg and reached a height of 2.55M. | ||
November 19, 2014 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Currently flowering at a height of 76". | ||
January 5, 2015 | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | First blooming at a Canadian university. 'Phoebe' became the first titan arum bloom anywhere in the world in 2015. Phoebe measured 1.7 metres on Jan 5, 2015. | ||
14 March 2015 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia | Second flowering of tuber that flowered 4 January 2013 | ||
7 April 2015 | Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | Second flowering of tuber that flowered 21 April 2013 | ||
20 April 2015 | Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse, Winter Park, Florida | First flowering since its planting in 1993 | ||
May 31, 2015 | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | First flowering of 'Magnus'. Flower had a height of 1.82 metres. | ||
26 June 2015 | Paignton Zoo, England | |||
27 June 2015 | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland | The spadix has reached a height of 2.55m. | ||
9-10 July 2015 | Botanical Garden of the Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium | First flowering of 'Aaron' | ||
15 July 2015 | Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, NC | 'Morphius' grew to 50". It was the first bloom ever for the 17 year old plant. | ||
17 July 2015 | University of North Carolina - Charlotte | 64" bloom on 'Odie'. It was cross-pollinated with Morphius, also in bloom in the Charlotte area. | ||
18 July 2015 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge | Nicknamed 'Tiny Titan', the flowering was unexpected as the corm was under the minimum flowering weight of 15 kg. | ||
July, 2015 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Flowered in July 2015 | ||
25 July 2015 | University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley | Trudy | ||
25 July 2015 | Jindai Botanical Gardens, Japan | This titum grew to 6'5" according to the BBC and other sources. | ||
Aug 18, 2015 | Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, USA | Bloom opened up in the middle of the night on August 17, 2015 | [1] | |
Aug 28-29, 2015 | Virginia Tech Horticulture Greenhouses, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia | "Stinky Phil" bloomed overnight Aug 28-29, 2015 | ||
Sept 29-30, 2015 | Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois, USA | "Alice the Amorphophallus" bloomed September 29-30, 2015 | [2] | |
Dec 28, 2015 | Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | "Indah" bloomed December 28, 2015 | [3] | |
Feb 1, 2016 | Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | "Ganteng" bloomed February 1, 2016. | [4][5] | |
April 26, 2016 | Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago, IL | "Sprout" started blooming overnight between Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26, 2016. | [6] | |
May 1, 2016 | The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom | Two plants bloomed simultaneously during the night of May 1, 2016 | ||
May 5, 2016 | Rollins College, Florida, USA | bloomed simultaneously with a voodoo lily in the same greenhouse | [7] | |
May 26, 2016 | Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany | |||
June 29, 2016 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Fifth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, July 1, 2012 and July 11, 2014. 2016 inflorescence was 96.0" tall. Spathe was 48" wide. Tuber was estimated to be 100 lb. | ||
July 19, 2016 | Periya Gurukula Botanical Garden, Kerala, India | First bloom in India | ||
July 28, 2016 | New York Botanical Garden, New York City | |||
July 30, 2016 | Jordan Hall greenhouse at Indiana University | "Wally" blooms for the first time | ||
August 1, 2016 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida | "Audrey" starts blooming | ||
August 1, 2016 | United States Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC | , | ||
August 6, 2016 | Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, USA | "Little Stinker" starts blooming | ||
September 9, 2016 | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | Third bloom. Did not open completely, fullest extent reached roughly 1 a.m., 53" height. | ||
September 22, 2016 | North Carolina State University | "Lupin" first bloom. Bloomed at 76" and 38" wide at furthest point of spathe, fullest extent reached roughly 3 a.m. 13 year old plant, tuber weighed 51 lbs. Grown by Brandon Huber and Diane Mays | ||
September 23, 2016 | Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH | Second Bloom |
Gallery
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Titan arum, U.S. Botanic Garden, July 23, 2003
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Titan arum, U.S. Botanic Garden, July 23, 2003
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Titan arum at Kew Gardens, London, England, in June 2005
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Amorphophallus titanum at Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany, at October 20, 2005
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Amorphophallus titanum at Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany, at October 20, 2005
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Titan arum at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington D.C., on November 20, 2005
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Amorphophallus titanum with 3 flowers, Botanic Garden Bonn, Germany, May, 14th 2006
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Detail of Amorphophallus titanum with 3 flowers, Botanic Garden Bonn, Germany, May, 14th 2006
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Detail of Amorphophallus titanum with 3 flowers, Botanic Garden Bonn, Germany, May, 14th 2006
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Amorphophallus titanum Fairchild Gardens, Miami, "Audrey III", 20 May 2006.
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First of two plants, Kew Gardens, London, May 1, 2009
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Second of two plants, Kew Gardens, London, May 1, 2009
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Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, April 24, 2011
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Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 2012
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Amorphophallus titanum at Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas, USA, June 14, 2012
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Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
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Titan Arum. Royal Botanic Gardens. Melbourne, Australia. 28 December 2012
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Amorphophallus titanum ("Putrella") at Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton. April 22, 2013
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"Crius" at Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden July 11, 2013
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"Trudy" @University of California Botanical Garden Berkeley, US July 25, 2015
References
- ↑ Turkewitz, Julie (2015-08-21). "Thousands Stop to Smell a Flower (and Hope Not to Gag)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- ↑ "Titan Arum | Chicago Botanic Garden". www.chicagobotanic.org. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ↑ "Titan Arum | Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens". http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/botanicgardens/Home. Retrieved 2015-12-28. External link in
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(help) - ↑ "Thousands queue for whiff of Adelaide 'corpse flower'". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ "Botanic Gardens SA on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
- ↑ Dorfman, Daniel I. (April 26, 2016). "Sprout the corpse flower finally blooms, starts stinking". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ↑ "Rollins College corpse plant blooms overnight".
External links
- List of Amorphophallus titanum Blooms, 1889 to 2008
- Live feed of Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse Amorphophallus titanum bloom