Perry!

 Perry the Titan opened up for a spectacular weekend of amazingness at Gustavus. The Titan arum (which can be seen on live webcam here at) http://gustavus.edu/biology/titanarum/ opened to crowds of expectant onlookers!

Sometimes things are just too interesting to sleep through. This was Perry at about one in the morning.

 Perry should have really been opening at the seams, but as it would happen, Perry didn't do what was ordinary.

 Perry is now getting rather open and interesting.

 Still noting with the seam.

 As the hours go by, it's growing more open.

Dr. Obrien from the Gustavus Linnaeus Arboretum is giving a little scientific measurement to Perry. You can see that it's not overstated when you hear that Titans produce  the world's largest flower bloom.



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PS: Did we say that when they bloom they have an odor of roadkill left in the sun a few days? This is to entice the pollinators to Perry so that there will be future generations of little Perrys. Perry is a proud pollen producer at only age 17.