Comments and questions …
Liliane in Scotland stayed up until 3:30 a.m. watching the livestream. She wrote: “No doubt many around the world who are following this progress. For naming the flower I vote for “Wee Stinky” typically ...
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Titan arum pollination basics
Update 12:15 p.m.: Pollination was completed this morning. No more audio on livestream. Update 10:10 a.m.: The Department of Plant Biology graduate students doing the pollinating are Gwynne Lim and Monica Ramirez Carvalho, along ...
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The lights are on until 11 p.m.
Stop by if you’re in the neighborhood, or enjoy the high-quality livestream here. You can tell from the looks on people’s faces, it’s really starting to stink.
Help name Cornell’s titan arum
Update: Monday 9:30 a.m.: We have more than 800 votes. Voting will close at 1 p.m. It’s tradition to name a titan arum, but we don’t have a name for ours yet! Many times ...
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What are those wires?
The graduate students you often see in the livestream are suspending small air pumps that are sampling the volatile gases that the arum is giving off. They are taking the samples back to their ...
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