Finally had a chance to pull together a time lapse from the still camera I had running during the titan arum bloom-time at Cornell. We had more than 10.000 people visit (many standing in line for more than an hour) and close to half a million views on livestreams. It was a blast. More info [...] read more

I missed a month of spring in the week or so I was working close to 24/7 on the titan arum blooming at work. But I did have a few minutes to shoot some pix as the early spring bloomers rushed by with the unseasonably warm weather. Crocus Hellebore Iris reticulata Iris histrioides 'Katharine Hodgkin' [...] read more

‘Wee Stinky’ draws crowds to Cornell - The towering titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) attracted about 10,000 visits, including more than 3,500 on March 19 alone. Read more in the Cornell Chronicle. Time lapse: Shows spathe opening on March 18, 2012. Audio description by graduate student Gwynne Lim is from March 19. Larger version at CornellCast. [...] read more

I was way too busy to take many pictures of the titan arum bloom. But if you missed the event, there are plenty of places you can see why it was so exciting: Huffington Post slideshow - Must see! Titan arum at Cornell University Ithaca Journal slideshow - Great article too. More images via Google read more

Craig is sequestered on campus waiting for the Titan Arum to bloom.  It's starting now and should be open tonight.  Craig is making updates on the Cornell Titan Arum blog if you want to follow along. read more

We had some real pros donate some time to come in and set up a high quality live feed. Might be Saturday might. Might be Sunday. When it flowers, we'll light it until 11 p.m. video platform video management video solutions video player Here's a screen capture from the lighting test tonight: read more

So much going on outside with the unseasonably warm weather. But my week has been tied up with setting up this live feed and other logistics with our 'blessed event' here at Cornell: Live video for mobile from Ustream You won't see anything in the stream until daylight. But we will light it when the [...] read more

Early start to the bloom season here. Eranthis Snowdrops Pussy willow read more

Slim pickin's and sloppy. But I'm hoping to have some actual blooms in March. read more

What with our Zone 7 winter thus far (knock wood), we've had snow drops. In Minns Garden on campus ... And even a few at home, where it's a little colder ... read more