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Wilhelma Stuttgart
« on: July 17, 2008, 08:56:12 PM »
10 days ago we visited the Wilhelma at Stuttgart.a well visited combination of Zoo and Botanical
Garden.Sorry,they have no alpines;so I hope,that it is not too boring for you.
It was founded in the 19th.Century as a private property of the King of Wuerttemberg and opened
to the public in 1919. After severe damage in the war it was rebuilt in the old style.
The homepage is www.wilhelma.de
Little Wilbaer(from Wilhelma-bear)is everbody's darling and the staff is mighty proud,because he gets
raised by his mom and not by humans.

Wilhelma
 (2)Eucomis comosa
Eucomis comosa
  (2)Agave victoria reginae
  (2)Agave parrassana
 Echinocactus grusonii
 Scadoxus multiflorus ssp.Katherinae.
 Fuchsia diplay
 Willbär and Corinna
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2008, 09:52:16 PM »
A lovely place Rudi. I'm not so sure about the bears but maybe, with global warming, such places are their future homes which would be terribly sad.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2008, 09:54:09 PM »
Rudi, what a good place to visit, thank you!
Agave victoria reginae is so beautifully marked, it is a perfect sculpture, is it not?

Corinna is a very good mom it seems, since Willbär is such a fine young fellow 8)
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 10:13:02 PM »
The waterlily pond is another attractive place because it gets heated from April on and all these
tropical beauties enjoy it and flower profusely already in spring.
Amorphophallus titanum is a special highlight for all those who are interested in botanic. At our
visit the flower stalk was about 60 cm in height,today,9 days later it measures 199 cm! It flowered
in October 2005 for the first time and now for the second time.The picture was made by my brother
in law,the total height was 294 cm! The actual weight of the tuber is 52 kilos,a bit too much for us
humble amateur gardeners.It weighed just 2.5 Kilos when they got it 1999 and originated from tissue-
culture.At the above mentioned wesite www.wilhelma.de is a daily diary about this rare event.
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« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2008, 10:37:17 AM »
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The actual weight of the tuber is 52 kilos,


Good grief, the Bulb Despot is weighing in at 55 kilos at present...... fully clothed.... the tuber is the same size as he is.... mind you, he smells better!  ;)
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2008, 09:39:15 PM »
Really nice.
Especially the tropical water lilies.
(I note the pictures with the greatest number of 'hits' are those of the polar bears, and the titan arum !!!!!)
We are awful, aren't we?
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2008, 09:40:33 PM »
Quote from: greed on July 18, 2008, 09:39:15 PM

(I note the pictures with the greatest number of 'hits' are those of the polar bears, and the titan arum !!!!!)
We are awful, aren't we?
Well, yes maybe we're awful but the bears and the arums are awesome! 8)
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2008, 01:05:13 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on July 18, 2008, 10:37:17 AM
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The actual weight of the tuber is 52 kilos,


Good grief, the Bulb Despot is weighing in at 55 kilos at present...... fully clothed.... the tuber is the same size as he is.... mind you, he smells better!  ;)

Maggi,

How do you know that the tuber is a he?  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 01:06:40 AM »
Rudi,

Great pics.  If we were only restricted to Alpines then most of the things i post pics of would be invalid.  Can't grow much in the way of alpines here in our summer heat.  ::)  The pictures you posted show another wonderful garden/zoological garden.... what could be wrong with that?  Most enjoyable to me at least.  Thanks. 8)
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2008, 02:56:06 PM »
Quote from: tyerman on July 21, 2008, 01:05:13 AM
Quote from: Maggi Young on July 18, 2008, 10:37:17 AM
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The actual weight of the tuber is 52 kilos,


Good grief, the Bulb Despot is weighing in at 55 kilos at present...... fully clothed.... the tuber is the same size as he is.... mind you, he smells better!  ;)

Maggi,

How do you know that the tuber is a he?  ;)

My first reaction on reading this, Paul, was to say it was an educated guess  ;).... then I realised you are teasing me about the fragrance of the Bulb Despot!  :o ;D  The BD smells of sun and honey, mostly, by the way!
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2008, 10:02:04 PM »
Coincidentally I also found a flower of Amorhophallus titanum (with a
' window ') at  the Botanical Garden of Bonn.
The second pic is Nymphaea gigantea und the third one a blue flowering cultivar.

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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2008, 10:15:33 PM »
Had some vandal cut the window Gerd? or maybe the BG people in order to facillitate pollination? It looks very odd.
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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2008, 10:26:34 PM »
The flower was over and I believe the window was cut for pollination and for
showing the visitors the male and female parts of the flower.
When I pollinated Arisaema sikokianum I treated the flowers in a similar rude
manner.

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« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2008, 12:20:29 AM »
In that case, I may try it myself next flowering season as neither A. sikokianum nor A. candidissimum makes seed for me. They start to look good then flop over and fail to grow any larger.
On re-reading that it begins to sound like an ad for Viagra but I'm sure you know what I mean. :D
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Re: Wilhelma Stuttgart
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2008, 08:40:12 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on July 21, 2008, 02:56:06 PM
The BD smells of sun and honey, mostly, by the way!
and the odd sock or two?
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