Victoria lily flowering (one more time)
Last night — for the third time in a little more than a week — the Victoria lily (Victoria x ‘Longwood Hybrid’) in the water feature in the Palm House began its dramatic two-day ...
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Last night — for the third time in a little more than a week — the Victoria lily (Victoria x ‘Longwood Hybrid’) in the water feature in the Palm House began its dramatic two-day ...
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The blooms keep coming … The Victoria lily (Victoria x ‘Longwood Hybrid’) in the water feature in the Palm House began its dramatic two-day flower display last night. And there is another flower bud ...
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The Victoria lily (Victoria x ‘Longwood Hybrid’) in the water feature in the Palm House began its dramatic two-day flower display last night. The plant has much in common with the Conservatory’s Titan arums (Amorphophallus titanum), ...
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Cornell University President Martha Pollack stopped by the Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Thursday as part of a tour of the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS). Plant sciences majors Nicolas Glynos ’17 and Patty ...
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Both the Cornell Chronicle and CALS News reported this week on Carolus’s historic bloom: Summer breezes wafting through Cornell’s Minns Garden carried the aromas of fresh grass, notes of floral and, for a few ...
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Thanks to all who stopped by this week to visit Carolus blooming in Minns Garden (map) . Carolus continues to wane, but will remain outside at least through the weekend if you’d like to ...
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Overnight, the tip of Carolus’s spadix tipped over as it continues to dry down. (That’s entirely normal and expected.) There’s still a bit of the arum’s trademark aroma lingering. Stop by Minns Garden (map) ...
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After putting on a stinky show for visitors to Minns Garden (map) on Tuesday, Carolus has lost most of it’s stink. The Titan arum reached peak bloom outside early Tuesday morning. The spathe — ...
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We weren’t sure how Carolus would respond to cool Ithaca temperatures. But the spathe unfurled fully and the Titan arum continues to emit its carrion-like odor to attract pollinators. Stop by Minns Garden (map) ...
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Our fear was that Carolus would stall out after getting started. But the spathe continues to unfurl. And the aroma is getting pretty strong, especially in the zone immediately downwind of the plant. How ...
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