Favorite docs from Christian Conti

Ending Kazakhstan

nobody@ipernity.com (Nils A.) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:59:26 +0000

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music I made for a feature film about tbc in Kazakhstan.

I think Ipernity does something with the size or playback, it sound more pure when I play this same mp3 (160kb) from my HD.

Titan arum

nobody@ipernity.com (inSyros) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:25:10 +0000

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The titan arum is the plant with the biggest inflorescence in the world, the tip of the spadix can be more than 3 meters above soil. The size is determined by the habitat: Amorphophallus titanum occurs in damp windstill forests of Western Sumatra. Because smell doesn't travel easily in this environment the plant needs to produce a large volume of it to attract pollinators. The second reason is that different plants don't flower synchronised, the average distance between two flowering specimens can be kilometers. As with most Aroids, this species has a built-in mechanism that prevents self-pollination: the female flowers become receptive to pollen before the male flowers produce pollen. The bottom of the spathe in slightly swollen and the base of the spadix has small female flowers at the bottom, and small male flowers near the top. The female stigmas are no longer receptive when the male flowers finally start to produce pollen. Insects that are attracted by the pungent smell are cought inside the swollen cavity and remain there during the first night after flowering. As they move around they pollinate the female flowers with pollen they carried from a different titan aroid. The next morning the male flowers start producing pollen and the trapping mechanism fades. As the insects escape they are laden with pollen, ready to pollinate the next titan.

Flowering requires a huge amount of resources from the tuber, it takes a minimum of 6 years from seed to flower if the plant is pampered.

The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", and titan, "giant") is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The largest single flower is borne by the Rafflesia arnoldii; the largest branched inflorescence in the plant kingdom belongs to the Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera). The titan arum was originally discovered by an Italian botanist, Odoardo Beccari, in Sumatra in 1878. It thrives at the edges of rainforests near open grasslands. Though found in many botanic gardens around the world it is still indigenous only to the tropical forests of Sumatra. The titan arum blossoms only once every six years and its fragrance is reminiscent of the smell of a decomposing mammals[1]. The titan arum is also known as a carrion flower, the "Corpse flower", or "Corpse plant" (in Indonesian, "bunga bangkai" – bunga means flower, while bangkai means corpse or cadaver; for the same reason, the same title is also attributed to Rafflesia which, like the titan arum, also grows in the rainforests of Sumatra).

The popular name titan arum was invented by the broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, for his BBC TV series The Private Life of Plants, in which the flowering and pollination of the plant were filmed for the first time. Attenborough felt that constantly referring to the plant as Amorphophallus on a popular TV documentary would be inappropriate.[2]

The titan arum's inflorescence can reach over 3 metres (almost 10 ft.) in circumference. Like the related cuckoo pint and calla lily, it consists of a fragrant spadix of flowers wrapped by a spathe, which looks like the flower's single petal. In the case of the Titan Arum, the spathe is green on the outside and dark burgundy red on the inside, and deeply furrowed. The spadix is hollow and resembles a large loaf of French bread. The upper, visible portion of the spadix is covered in pollen, while its lower extremity is spangled with bright red-orange carpels. The "fragrance" of the inflorescence resembles rotting meat, attracting carrion-eating beetles and Flesh Flies (family Sarcophagidae) that pollinate it. The flower's deep red color and texture contribute to the illusion that the spathe is a piece of meat. During bloom, the tip of the spadix is approximately human body temperature, which helps the perfume volatilize; this heat is also believed to assist in the illusion that attracts carcass-eating insects.

Both male and female flowers grow in the same inflorescence. The female flowers open first, then a day or two following, the male flowers open. This prevents the flower from self-pollinating.

After the flower dies back, a single leaf, which reaches the size of a small tree, grows from the underground corm. The leaf grows on a semi-green stalk that branches into three sections at the top, each containing many leaflets. The leaf structure can reach up to 6 m (20 ft) tall and 5 m (16 ft) across. Each year, the old leaf dies and a new one grows in its place. When the corm has stored enough energy, it becomes dormant for about 4 months. Then, the process repeats.

The corm is the largest known, weighing around 50kg.[3] When a specimen at the Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens, was repotted after its dormant period, the weight was recorded as 91kg.[4]

Lots of Luck and Happiness for 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Lillian Virginia Mountweazel) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:22 +0000

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2009 | my wishes for you all

nobody@ipernity.com (assbach) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:44:25 +0000

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2009 wordt hemels!

nobody@ipernity.com (Andy) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:15:19 +0000

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Ik wens het hele universum een HEMELS 2009.

razeno karto2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Razeno) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:23:46 +0000

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Mi deziras al vi felicxan novan jaron 2009.
La bildon estas de bela Hindua templo, kostruita antaux eble 400 jaroj en proksima urbo de Bhaktapuro (Nepalo). Mi fotis gxin antaux tri monatoj.
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2009

nobody@ipernity.com (kosmar) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:05:05 +0000

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2 新年快乐 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Dezhi Zhao) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:56:11 +0000

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2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Rosa Maria Riquelme) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 05:06:46 +0000

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HAPPY - HAPPY - HAPPY

Prosit Neujahr 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (micha) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:45:49 +0000

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Fraktal e-card + wünsche für 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Rosi`sEyes) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:05:19 +0000

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Happy New Year

nobody@ipernity.com (Marta Oliveira) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:18:54 +0000

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Bonne Année 2009 à tous ! ! !

nobody@ipernity.com (Michel) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:53:46 +0000

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Meilleurs Souhaits pour Le Nouvel An!
Que les Fêtes soient riches de joie et de gaiété, que la nouvelle année déborde de bonheur et de prospérité et que tous les voeux formulés deviennent réalité

Feliĉan Kristnaskon Feliĉan 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Joyce Jambo) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:18:11 +0000

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Happy New 2009 my Friends....

nobody@ipernity.com (CAT) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:54:25 +0000

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Ich danke hiermit allem für das schöne Jahr hier und hoffe auf ein weiteres heiteres Jahr mit euch!

Wünsche einen guten Rutsch und ....**VIEL GESUNDHEIT**....und weiterhin **GUT LICHT**

Es grüßt

CAT ...Miau :-)

Iperfriends♥,I would like to wish all of you a ...

nobody@ipernity.com (Fee*) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:15:53 +0000

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on black
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*Joyeuse nouvelle année*

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Many thanks for all your friendly comments
and faves in *2008*
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I look forward to a beautiful new IPER year :-)
with kisses♥ : Fee*

Perdrix grise dans la neige

nobody@ipernity.com (Luc Durocher) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:12:32 +0000

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2009 is coming soon...

nobody@ipernity.com ("KleinerFotograf") — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:41:00 +0000

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Hier noch mein Blog.

M@rie vous souhaite une Bonne et Heureuse année pour 2009

nobody@ipernity.com (M@rie) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:15:00 +0000

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Je vous souhaite......... A TOUS, et ceux que je n'ai pas pu écrire, certains noms n'entre pas ????

Je vous souhaite des rêves à N’en plus finir

Et l’ envie d’en réaliser quelques uns.

Je vous souhaite d’aimer ce qu’il faut aimer

Et d’oublier ce qu’il faut oublier.

Je vous souhaite des passions.

Je vous souhaite des silences.

Je vous souhaite des chants d’oiseaux au réveil

Et des rires d’enfants.

Je vous souhaite de résister à L’enlisement,

À L’indifférence,

Aux vertus négatives de notre époque.

Je vous souhaite surtout d’ être vous.

Ce Poème est de Jacques Brel

2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Ceci) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:04:30 +0000

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