{"id":9560,"date":"2018-02-19T12:58:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T17:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science-new\/news\/wait-a-minute-is-that-a-tree\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:22:00","slug":"wait-a-minute-is-that-a-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/horticultural-science\/news\/wait-a-minute-is-that-a-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait a Minute: Is That a Tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember Lupin, the corpse flower that put up a big stink at NC State University\u2019s plant conservatory<\/a> about a year and a half ago? Well, he\u2019s changed — big time.<\/p>\n

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Huber with Lupin in 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The plant, formally known as Amorphophallous titanum, <\/em>undergoes an unusual life cycle as it gathers the energy it needs to flower. Some of the time, it appears to be a dormant bulb. Some of the time, it grows a huge flower. And other times — like now — it looks like a tree.<\/p>\n

Plant owner Brandon Huber, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Horticultural Science, says that the rapid growth he observed as the plant transitioned to this tree-like stage is a signal that another bloom may soon be on its way. The plant is now larger than ever.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll know more after it goes dormant, but if I had to guess, I\u2019d say another two years for a bloom — 2019, 2020, somewhere in there,\u201d he says. \u201cThe neat thing about the development of this plant\u2019s flower is that the plant\u2019s cells know exactly what the plant\u2019s going to do, but we don’t.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This post was originally published<\/a> in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences News.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"Remember Lupin, the corpse flower that put up a big stink at NC State University\u2019s plant conservatory<\/a> about a year and a half ago? Well, he\u2019s changed -- big time.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_162819\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"169\"]\"Student Huber with Lupin in 2016.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe plant, formally known as Amorphophallous titanum, <\/em>undergoes an unusual life cycle as it gathers the energy it needs to flower. Some of the time, it appears to be a dormant bulb. Some of the time, it grows a huge flower. And other times -- like now -- it looks like a tree.\r\n\r\nPlant owner Brandon Huber, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Horticultural Science, says that the rapid growth he observed as the plant transitioned to this tree-like stage is a signal that another bloom may soon be on its way. The plant is now larger than ever.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ll know more after it goes dormant, but if I had to guess, I\u2019d say another two years for a bloom -- 2019, 2020, somewhere in there,\u201d he says. \u201cThe neat thing about the development of this plant\u2019s flower is that the plant\u2019s cells know exactly what the plant\u2019s going to do, but we don't.\u201d\r\n

We Grow Talent. Join us. <\/span><\/h3>\r\n

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