Collecting Titan Arum Data
In the run-up to flowering, a team of seniors, grad students and a postdoc collected data on the carbon dioxide, heat and volatiles generated by Wee Stinky every two hours, around the clock. After ...
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In the run-up to flowering, a team of seniors, grad students and a postdoc collected data on the carbon dioxide, heat and volatiles generated by Wee Stinky every two hours, around the clock. After ...
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If you visit today or are following on the webcam, you’ll notice that Wee Stinky is starting to look pretty tattered. Fortunately, photographer Kevin Ferguson drove all the way from Liberty, N.Y. last night for an ...
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Titan Arums generate heat when they flower to create updrafts that waft the foul odor up into rainforest canopy to attract insect pollinators. How hot did Wee Stinky get last night? Well you or ...
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If you check out the webcam (and images below), you’ll see that the tip of the spadix started collapsing about 4:30 a.m. Things are moving quickly, so plan to come visit early this morning. Visiting ...
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Tentative plans: Around 10 a.m., the research team will pollinate female flowers while they are receptive with pollen collected the last time Wee Stinky bloomed in March 2012. Afternoon or evening, when the male ...
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