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The Corpse Flower has been moved off display
This morning, after a great 2 weeks out in our Parlor here at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, BOB,too the Corpse Flower was moved back to the support greenhouse. The inflorescence…
Como Zoo Releases North America’s Most Critically Endangered Amphibian Back into the Wild
As part of Como Zoo’s behind-the-scenes species preservation efforts, 1,353 Wyoming Toad tadpoles were placed in oxygenated water, shipped overnight and released today near the Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge outside Laramie,…
While we wait….
OK. This is the time that many horticulturists anticipate when growing the Corpse Flower …….there is little visible change and the bud is looking so ready to open at anytime….
So, while we are still waiting…
It is a cool and cloudy Saturday
Yesterday’s warmer and brighter weather made a difference in the growth curve for this plant!! There was an idea that maybe, just maybe, the upward growth had slowed down and…
There is a change coming…
64″ tall today and 36 3/4″ around the widest part of the bud! The upward growth is now slowing and the girth measurements are starting to increase. We are still…
Corpse Flower – June 22 update
The Corpse Flower is in the Parlor and it continues to grow well! Three inches of height and 2″ of girth were added in the last 24 hours! There is…
Como Zoo takes in three bears from North Dakota zoo
*Article courtesy of Miles Trump at St. Paul Pioneer Press The polar bears at Como Park Zoo can tell they’ve got company. They have been sniffing around a lot since…
The Corpse Flower is in the Parlor!
We moved our Corpse Flower from our behind the scenes growing house to the Parlor in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory today!! It is not blooming yet and we do not…
Corpse Flower Is Making a Big Stink-Check out the Webcam!
A Rare Bloom of a Corpse Flower Is Happening at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory 6/29/11 UPDATE: Click Here For The Time Lapse Video! 6/29/11 UPDATE: It is time!!! BOB,too…
Hold your noses, the Corpse Flower is about to BLOOM
It has been three years since this blog was started. And the event that was used to launch the blog was the blooming of a Corpse Flower, Amorphophallus titanum, that…
Quick glimpse into Roots, Shoots & Fruits courtesy of KARE 11.
And then there were three…
Yesterday we introduced the Grant’s Zebras in hopes they will breed. The male Ulysses has watched the two females Thelma and Minnie for a year or two from his exhibit…
