It’s that time of the year, the time when female flowers go stepping out ahead of the bachelors. I am not talking about debutantes, of course. I’m talking about flowering of the Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum. The Huntington has a population of about 40 plants, most of which are mature enough to reproduce. The story …
Category Archives: Gatherings
What are the Chances?
Growing up, I understood that when two people (especially family members) behaved…, or responded the same to eventualities, they’d be branded as two peas in a pod. But science and experience tell us that old saw is misguided. Beyond having been produced in the same fruit (the pod), and appearing similar, peas in a pod …
A Tree to Conquer Passion
A Tree to Conquer Passion Pliny is a notorious historian, Chaucer a fabled story-teller. The writings of both authors constitute some of the most precious books among more than 9 million special collections conserved and studied in the Huntington Library. Writings of both men tell us about real and mythical lifestyles, and each author makes …