Talk:Amorphophallus titanum

list

I am not sure we should list every known bloom since there seem to have been a lot of them. Reading the current page, it seems like the flower has only bloomed 3 or 4 times, which is not true. Also, people keep track of the size of the different blossoms, I have not included that information here.

List of known Titan arum blooms:

• 1889 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (First known flowering not in the wild) http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/history.html
• 1926 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/history.html
• 1932 Botanic Garden of Wageningen in the Netherlands http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/botgart/amorpho2003e.html
• August 1937 New York Botanical Garden, NY http://www.fairchildgarden.org/blooms/amorphophallus-history.html
• July 2, 1939 New York Botanical Garden, NY http://www.fairchildgarden.org/blooms/amorphophallus-history.html

• July 1996 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/history.html
• June 25, 1998 Fairchild Tropical Garden http://www.fairchildgarden.org/blooms/amorphophallus98.html

• May 21, 1999 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens http://www.selby.org/research/titanum/titan2k1.htm
• Summer 1999, University of Washington, Seattle

http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2002archive/05-02archive/k052902.html

• July 7, 1999 Fullerton Arboretum California State University at Fullerton http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/1999archive/07-99archive/k070999a.html
• August 1, 1999 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/TitanIntro.htm
• September 3, 1999 Fairchild Tropical Garden http://www.ftg.org/blooms/amorphophallus.html

• July 7, 2000 Botanic Gardens University of Bonn http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/botgart/amorpho2003e.html
• June 12, 2000 Atlanta Botanical Garden http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/greenhouse/amorphophallus/index.html
• June 13, 2000 Fullerton Arboretum California State University at Fullerton http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/greenhouse/amorphophallus/index.html

• May 7, 2001 University of Washington, Seattle http://www.fairchildgarden.org/blooms/amorphophallus01-2.html
• May 15, 2001 Fairchild Tropical Garden http://www.fairchildgarden.org/blooms/amorphophallus01.html
• May 2001 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens http://www.selby.org/research/titanum/titan2k1.htm
• June 7, 2001 University of Wisconsin-Madison http://www.news.wisc.edu/titanarum2001/
• June 27, 2001 Fairchild Tropical Garden http://www.fairchildgarden.org/blooms/amorphophallus-history.html

• May 1, 2002 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/timeline1.html
• May 29, 2002 University of Washington, Seattle http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/2002archive/05-02archive/k052902.html
• June 1, 2002 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/timeline2.html
• June 20, 2002 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/timeline.html
• July 31, 2002 University of Wisconsin-Madison http://www.news.wisc.edu/titanarum2002/
• August 7, 2002 Huntington Botanical Gardens http://www.huntington.org/BotanicalDiv/Titan2002/Titan2002.html
• May 23, 2003 Fullerton Arboretum California State University at Fullerton http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/greenhouse/amorphophallus/index.html
• May 23, 2003 Botanic Gardens University of Bonn http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/botgart/amorpho2003e.html
• June 10, 2003 University of California, Davis http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/nature_and_place/
• June 10, 2003 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/titan/index.html
• July 2, 2003 Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest http://www.mairie-brest.fr/brest/arum_photos.htm
• July 23, 2003 United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC

More Resources:

• http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/greenhouse/amorphophallus/index.html At the bottom they have links to other places with the titan

I am beginning to wonder whether we should keep the list of flowerings, or move it to another article. It is clear that plenty of specimens are being grown in many botanical gardens (Kew has had 3 flowerings in 2002, 1 in 2003, 3 in 2005 and 2 in 2006 so far - and some of these are not mentioned here yet!). -- ALoan (Talk) 19:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

external link duplicate?

What are the criteria for determing than an external link is a "duplicate"?

Earlier this week, I added the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to the list of known blooms. Later in the week, I also added them to the list of external links at the bottom of the page. I did this because they also have a lot of information about the plant, its history, cultivation, and so on, on their Web site. This is all general information about the plant which will remain valid when the current bloom cycle completes. I also looked at some of the other external links, and the BBG pages on the plant are at least as good as the others.

Another contributor removed the external link I had just added because it was "duplicate." Other duplicates remain on the list. The University of Wisconsin, for example, has two external links listed, in addition to their external link in the list of blooms. On the same grounds, should both external links to U of WI also be removed?

I read the discussion about moving the list of blooms to their own article. I'm in favor of that. It was not so long ago that blooms of Titan Arum were infrequent worldwide. Advances in propagation and cultivation of the plant have increased the number of blooms worldwide. Still, any individual bloom is noteworthy, especially to those who may be within travel distance to see one. For most of us, this is still a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Needs disambiguation

Why isn't there a disambiguation between this and corpse flower. It even says in the article "the same title is also attributed to Rafflesia." Corpse flower and "giant corpse flower" redirect to Rafflesia. There should definitely be an option to pick which one you're looking for, because the causal reader isn't going to know the latin name; they're going to know giant corpse flower, and I'd say chances are good that *this*, not Rafflesia is what they're looking for. Freshyill 15:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I must agree; I've heard corpse flower used to describe both and have gotten very confused as a result. A Max J 23:06, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

smell

I love how specific the article is on this point; not decomposing flesh, not a decomposing animal, but a decomposing mammal. It seems very silly to me, but I'm reluctant to change it... in case there is a difference :D — riana_dzasta _{wreak havoc-damage report} 16:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Two about to happen

link. Perhaps they should be added to the list, or once they actually bloom in any case. Esn 08:10, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Image

Amorphophallus titanum from The Botanical Magazine (1891)

probably Matilda Smith

I will park this image here, it might be some use. I will try and discover where the artist found source material. Cygnis insignis 12:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Repeated article

Hi everyone, I'm sorry because I might have missed some of the guidelines which might be required, please tell me if I forgot any, thanks. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you guys that there are 2 articles which have different titles which talk about the same subject, these two articles are Amorphophallus and Titan arum (which is this article), I think that they should both be joined together into one article.
Thanks,
Cpt Adham (talk) 19:14, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi all, please discard this discussion topic since it has been replied to on the Amorphophallus discussion page,

Thank you, Cpt Adham (talk) 13:15, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 2008

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus for move. The apparent reason this article is so-named is because it is the common name, and not because of the phallus reference in the Latin name.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 14:14, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 1

Titan arum → Amorphophallus titanum — as per WP:NOTCENSORED — cygnis insignis 12:49, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

• Oppose. The appeal to not censored is a fallacy; Titan arum is the common name. (Anyway I can't imagine how the latin would be considered offensive except in parody, but that's not the issue.) Andrewa (talk) 19:41, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
• Comment I fail to see a reason for rename, since the nominator failed to provide any reasoning? Is this a _joke_? procedural close 70.55.86.100 (talk) 02:58, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Reply. Amusing, but not a joke. That policy applies more than the others cited here. The citation is in the article, I assumed people would read it before voting. Other than the accepted name, it has been known most commonly as the Corpse flower. cygnis insignis 04:56, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
    • Reply you're using not censored and have provided no reasoning. The article makes no claims on censorship. If you're using common name, and you're not, your suggested title still isnt' the common name. Using use english, your suggested title still isn't supported. 70.55.86.100 (talk) 06:11, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Any additional comments:

I don't know: What's it usually called? WP:COMMONNAME. 87.114.30.31 (talk) 16:39, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

A genuine and unambiguous English common name is to be preferred to Neo-Latin; there is a perfectly good Latin Wikipedia for the pedantic. Evidence of current usage is in order. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 18:23, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I guess the suggestion of censorship is from this (sourced) claim in the article: The popular name titan arum was invented by the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, for his BBC TV series The Private Life of Plants, in which the flowering and pollination of the plant were filmed for the first time. Attenborough felt that constantly referring to the plant as Amorphophallus on a popular TV documentary would be inappropriate. But it's no reason for a rename if, as claimed, it is now the common name. Andrewa (talk) 08:22, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Slashdotted

[1] This Slashdot news update is very relevant to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.121.34.88 (talk) 04:10, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

More on biological life

This is missing some facts: The Titan Arum lives 40 years and only flowers a few times in its life. The leaf actually makes it look like a tree. We should also get a pic of it in leaf. --DMKTirpitz (talk) 05:11, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 2011

Titan arum → Amorphophallus titanum — Previous move request used incorrect template; included no reasons for renaming. It is WP policy to use common names for article titles, but there is a clear & specific exception for plants. Please reveiw WP:FLORA ("Scientific names are to be used as article titles in all cases except when a plant has an agricultural, horticultural, economic or cultural use that makes it more prominent in some other field than in botany; e.g. Rose, Coffee, Rice"). Additionally, "Titan arum" is a relatively new name for this species, invented only in 1993 by David Attenborough, and it is not at all clear that this is the leading common name. "Corpse flower", being a traditional name with a long history, is also in the running.
I would like your consensus on this, thanks!.--Tom Hulse (talk) 19:03, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

• Support Reliable sources show much greater usage of Amorphophallus titanum.[2][3][4][5] First Light (talk) 21:54, 17 February 2011 (UTC)