Denali Hibernation!
Welcome back to the Living Loft with an exciting hibernation from Denali!
Welcome back to the Living Loft with an exciting hibernation from Denali!
Potato Updates: When last we (you) saw the potatoes they were just over the height of the storage container I had them in. Well they continued growing… and growing… and growing… until they were falling over and really leggy. We finally swirled them around each other on top of the container full of… Continue reading Potatoes and Denali Updates + Seeds!
Exciting things are happening here at the Living Loft, the second leaf on my Amorphophallus titanum is starting to unfurl! A little background for those newer readers to my blog, this blog actually started with me acquiring an Amorphophallus titanum, otherwise known as the Corpse Flower. The A. Titan is the largest inflorescence in the world… Continue reading Leaf 2 Unfurling!
Potato Update Hey everyone! Sorry this week’s post is a little late, I was gone last week on a trip and that has slowed me down a bit. However, my absence has not slowed down the potatoes I recently planted and posted about… those things have gone nuts! Most of them are now taller than… Continue reading Updates: Potatoes and Denali!
Remember in the last Denali update I guessed that she might be going into dormancy? I may have spoken to soon! Two nights ago I noticed a little sprout coming up next to the leaf. My guess (hope) is it’s a second leaf… if it turns out to be a bloom then it’s not a… Continue reading Quick Denali Update
Good evening everyone! Exciting things are happening over here, as you can see I have a new blog format and a new website, http://www.livingloft.org! As I’ve gone through blogging about my Titan Arum, Denali, I kept feeling like I wanted to share other gardening success and challenges I’ve had with you. This new format will… Continue reading Updates Galore!
Quick Denali update…. she was starting to hit the bars on that shelf so tonight we moved her to the lowest shelf possible in this particular greenhouse. She now measures 16 and 1/8 inches! That’s ~1 inch in 11 days! You can see in the photos I still have her on the heat pad which,… Continue reading Growing Up
This first post I thought better to break into two because it was getting kind of long. Now that you know a little bit about why I’m doing this… lets meet Denali! Because titans are so big and rare they are usually named and I chose Denali because it translates to “the big/great one” and… Continue reading Meet Denali
Years of dreaming and waiting and some luck have finally led up to this moment! The Amorphophallus titanum has arrived! “That’s great!” you might say…. “but why do we care?”. Well, I’ll tell you why! Amorphophallus titanum, otherwise known as a Titan Arum or the Corpse Flower, is the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world!… Continue reading IT. HAS. ARRIVED!