List of publicised titan arum blooms in cultivation

This list of publicised titan arum blooms in cultivation is a partial listing of flowering events of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in cultivation.

Date	Location	Notes	Reference
1889	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	First known flowering in cultivation	[1]
1894	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Titan arum became the symbol of the Indonesian Botanic Gardens	[2]
1901	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[3]
1924	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia		[4]
1926	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[5]
1929	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[6]
June 28, 1929	Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany		[7]
1930	Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany		[8]
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	[9]
1934	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia		[10]
1935	Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands		[11]
1935	Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden	First bloom in Sweden.	[12]
1936	Bern Botanical Garden, Switzerland		[13]
1937	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 2 m (6 ft). Corm imported from Sumatra by Prof. Koernicke in 1934.	[14]
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".	[15]
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.	[16]
1939	Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany		[17]
July 1940	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany		[18]
1956	Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands		[19]
1980	Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany		[20]
1985	Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 2.49 m (8.17 ft).	[21]
April 27–28, 1987	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 1.63 m (5.35 ft).	[22]
1994	Botanical Garden, Mainz, Germany		[23]
1994	Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany		[24]
March 14, 1994	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001.	[25]
1995	Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands		[26]
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.	[27]
May 8–11, 1996	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany		[28]
May 30 – June 2, 1996	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany		[29]
1996	Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany		[30]
July 1996	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[31]
1997	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001.	[32]
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.	[33]
May 1–3, 1998	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 2.34 m (7.68 ft).	[34]
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.	[35]
July 6, 1998	Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia, United States	Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m (6.23 ft).	[36]
May 21, 1999	Marie Selby Botanical Gardens		[37]
Summer 1999	University of Washington, Seattle		[38]
July 7, 1999	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton		[39]
August 1, 1999	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens		[40]
September 3, 1999	Fairchild Tropical Garden		[41]
July 7, 2000	Botanic Gardens, University of Bonn		[42]
June 12, 2000	Atlanta Botanical Garden		[43]
June 13, 2000	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton		[44]
May 7, 2001	University of Washington, Seattle		[45]
May 15, 2001	Fairchild Tropical Garden		[46]
May 2001	Marie Selby Botanical Gardens		[47]
June 7, 2001	University of Wisconsin–Madison		[48]
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.	[49]
June 27, 2001	Fairchild Tropical Garden		[50]
2002	Giardino dei Semplici, Florence, Italy		it:Giardino dei Semplici
May 1, 2002	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[51]
May 29, 2002	University of Washington, Seattle		[52]
June 1, 2002	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[53]
June 20, 2002	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[54]
July 31, 2002	University of Wisconsin–Madison		[55]
August 7, 2002	Huntington Botanical Gardens		[56]
May 12, 2003	Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden	Garden's fifth since 1998	[57]
May 22, 2003	Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany		[58]
May 23, 2003	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton		[59]
June 9, 2003	UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis		[60]
June 10, 2003	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London	Kew's fourth since April 2002	[61]
July 2, 2003	Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest		[62] (French)
July 23, 2003	United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC	Garden's second since 2001	[63]
July 6, 2004	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	The first Titan bloom at UConn.	[64]
July 12, 2004	Mast Arboretum, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas		[65]
August 4, 2004	Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia		[66]
August 4, 2004	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's third since 2001	[67]
August 13, 2004	UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis		[68]
September 2, 2004	Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge		[69]
7 October 2004	Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia		[70]
11 April 2005	Eden Project, St Austell, UK		[71]
21 April 2005	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London	Kew's fifth since April 2002	[72]
May 14, 2005	Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden	Garden's fifth since 1998	[73]
May 30, 2005	San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers		[74]
June 9, 2005	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's fourth since 2001	[75]
18 June 2005	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London	Kew's sixth since April 2002	[76]
June 28, 2005	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's fifth since 2001	[77]
June 29, 2005	Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle	On loan from University of Washington	[78]
June 29, 2005	Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		[79]
July 14, 2005	University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley	On loan from Bill Weaver	[80]
July 14, 2005	Botanic Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden		[81]
August 13, 2005 (est)	The Botanic Garden of Smith College , Northampton, MA		[82]
October 20, 2005	Stuttgart Zoological and Botanic Garden, Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany		[83] (German)
November 19, 2005	United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC	Specimen owned by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany	[84]
May 13, 2006	Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany	First titan arum with more than one inflorescence	[85] (German)
June 5, 2006	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton		[86]
August 5, 2006	Virginia Tech Biological Sciences Greenhouse, Blacksburg, VA		[87]
August 7, 2006	Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York		[88]
August 15, 2006	Volunteer Park (Seattle) Conservatory, Seattle, WA	On loan from the University of Washington	[89]
August 21, 2006	Laconia NH Lakeport Fire Station, Laconia, NH		[90]
November 2, 2006	Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia		[91]
February, 2007	Eden Project, Cornwall		[92]
April 22, 2007	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew		[93]
May 3, 2007	Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota		[94]
May 7, 2007	Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis		[95]
May 12, 2007	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	This was this specimen's second bloom.	[96]
June 1, 2007	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	This was the first bloom for this specimen.	[97]
July 1, 2007	UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina		[98]
July 2, 2007	United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC	On loan from the Smithsonian Department of Botany Research.	[99]
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.	[100]
August 7, 2007	University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA	Named Titania, after the Shakespearean fairy	[101]
August 14, 2007	Giardino dei Semplici, Florence		[102]
October 4, 2007	Giardino dei Semplici, Florence		[103]
April 10, 2008	Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN	Plant called "Bob" had a bloom of ~2' in height.	[104]
June 21, 2008	Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois		[105]
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.	[106]
July 20, 2008	The Botanic Garden of Smith College , Northampton, MA		[107]
July 28, 2008	Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle	On loan from University of Washington	[108]
August 5, 2008	National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium	Named Jean-Pol, de knol. Spadix grew to a height of 1.56 m.	[109]
September 6, 2008	National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium	Named Hercule, la tubercule. Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m.	[110]
November 10, 2008	Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	The first bloom for the specimen, named Neilson.	[111]
May 1, 2009	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Two plants were in bloom. See photos below.	[112]
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.	[113]
June 17, 2009	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens		[114]
June 22, 2009	University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley	Trudy	[115]
June 28, 2009	Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest	Second bloom of this specimen	[116] (French)
October 28, 2009	Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin		[117]
15 January 2010	Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin		[118]
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.	[119]
May 2, 2010	Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL		[120]
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.	[121]
June 4, 2010	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens	Second bloom at the The Huntington Library in a row.	[122]
June 9, 2010	Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL		[123]
June 10, 2010	Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI		[124]
June 22, 2010	UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina	Second bloom of this specimen.	[125]
June 29, 2010	University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA	Maladora	[126]
July 11-12, 2010	Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	First flowering for a 15 year old plant	[127] [128] [129]
July 22–24, 2010	Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX	First bloom, "Lois"	[130] [131]
July 24–25, 2010	Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota	Second bloom; "Perry"	[132]
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.	[133]
September 21, 2010	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's sixth since 2001	[134]
October 11, 2010	University of Wisconsin–River Falls	University's first since 2001	[135]
January 25, 2011	Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia	First for 2011	[136]
April 22, 2011	Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland		[137]
April 23, 2011	Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio	The first Titan Arum grown from seed to bloom in Ohio	[138]
April 24, 2011	Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, Hilo, Hawaiʻi	Plant from private collection, on loan for public display	[139]
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.	[140]
May 18, 2011	Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden	Third bloom in Sweden, first was in 1935, also in Bergianska trädgården.	[141]
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.	[142]
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.	[143]
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.	[144]
June 16, 2011	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	The 12-foot plant has bloomed only a few times since the seed was planted in 1994. Clint Morse, the UConn researcher who obtained and planted the Titan Arum, says it's not expected to bloom again until about 2014.	[145]
June 23, 2011	Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis		[146]
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.	[147]
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.	[citation needed]
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.	[148]

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 20th, 2005

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  Open flower at United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC, on 23 November 2005, 4 days after flowering, with the spathe half collapsed

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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

External links

• List of Amorphophallus titanum Blooms, 1889 to 2005