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Watch the Titan Arum flower grow - and die!

8 September 2004	10 September 2004	14 September 2004	15 September 2004
16 September 2004	17 September 2004	18 September 2004	19 September 2004
20 September 2004	21 September 2004	22 September 2004	23 September 2004
25 September 2004	26 September 2004	27 September 2004	28 September 2004: 1.09 m tall
29 September 2004: 1.14 m tall	30 September 2004: 1.18 m tall	01 October 2004: 1.22 m tall	02 October 2004: 1.24 m tall
03 October 2004: 1.28 m tall	04 October 2004: 1.31 m tall	05 October 2004: 1.32 m tall	06 October 2004: 1.33 m tall
06 October 2004: 4.30 pm	06 October 2004: 9 pm	07 October 2004: 7 am	08 October 2004: 7 am
08 October 2004: 4.30pm	09 October 2004: 7 am	10 October 2004	11 October 2004

An update by our Nursery Horticulturist Stephen Bartlett

On 10 November the Nursery staff anxiously harvested the tuber from our very famous flower 'Big Al' (Amorphophallus titanum). Experience from other institutions showed that tubers under 14-15kg usually die after flowering ('Big Al' was 9.4kg). Predicted flower size from a 9.4 kg tuber was initially around 90-100 cm high, so our expectations were well exceded when it finally reached 134cm!!

We thought our flower, investing so much energy to put on a show for 16,000 visitors, would surely die, but the tuber weighed in at a healthy 7.8kg. Maybe it might flower again in another 2-3 years!

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