Blooming of the Titan Arum: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Botany, June 2001

Previous bloomings of the Titan Arum in the U.S.

(Courtesy Fairchild Tropical Garden)
Date Height Weight of tuber Location
June 7, 2001 8 feet, 5 inches   University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 15, 2001 6 feet, 8 inches 68 pounds Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, FL
May 8, 2001 5 feet, 4 inches   University of Washington
June 13, 2000 6 feet   Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, CA
September 3, 1999 6 feet, .25 inches 35 pounds Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, FL
August 1, 1999 5 feet, 8.5 inches   Huntington Botanical Garden, CA
July 8, 1999 6 feet, 1 inch   University of Washington
May 1999
two simultaneous blooms
5 feet, 4.5 inches   Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL
July 1998 6 feet, 3 inches   Atlanta Botanic Garden
June 25, 1998 4 feet, 11.5 inches   Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coral Gables, FL
May 1998 less than 3 feet   University of Missouri
July 2, 1939 4 feet 31 pounds New York Botanical Garden
August 1937 8 feet, 5 inches 100 pounds New York Botanical Garden