July 6, 2003 Whitney Milberger and Dawn Stover of the SFA Mast Arboretum admire Jack’s healthy stalk and leaf	March 25, 2004 – SFA Horticulture Student Trey Anderson with Jack cleaned up and ready for repotting – 26 lbs 2 ozs.	Jack on June 17, 2004 coming out from a long sleep to say hello to the world	Jack with Dawn on July 5, 2004
July 7, 2004 - Jack and Dawn with gas mask	July 7, 2004 - Jack and Dawn and local news	Jack with Sarah & Wayne Weatherford - July 8, 2004 52.5 inches tall !	July 9, 2004 - Dr. David Creech with Jack
July 9, 2004 - Kids with Jack	July 9, 2004 - Jack with Matt Welch & crew	SFA’s Big Jack committee decides he needs more space July 9, 2004	SFA Officer Keith attempts to handcuff Big Jack for indecent exposure July 9, 2004
Sadie Welch showed great joy at the amazing Big Jack July 9, 2004	Dr. Mary Cullinan, Provost, and Dr. Jerry Holbert, VP Advancement, begin negotiations with Big Jack on his next year July 9, 2004	Jack with Dawn Stover - July 10, 2004	Jack's spathe - July 10, 2004
“Hey, is this Aggie maroon or not?” – July 10, 2004	Jack with Jeff Abt - July 10, 2004	Jack with one of his many admirers - July 10, 2004	Jack's bracts falling away - July 10, 2004
Closeup of Jack's fallen bracts - July 10, 2004	Jack reaches 59 inches and is slowing down - July 11, 2004	Dave Creech reassures Janet of just where his priorities are - July 11, 2004	Jack’s in a party mood – July 11, 2004
Jack enjoys his first “line” of admirers - July 11, 2004	Big Jack is no doubt an SFA Lumberjack – July 11, 2004	Jack with Lance Craig and son - July 11, 2004	Jack with Dr. Dave Creech - July 12, 2004
Jack has his bract fondled by an amazed Greg Grant - July 12, 2004	Jack demonstrates how he copes with a hot Texas day - July 12, 2004	Big Jack is close isn’t he? July 12, 2004	Big Jack’s spathe is pulling away! July 12, 2004 2 PM
Is this for real or a false alarm? July 12, 2004	Big Jack is opening!! July 12, 2004	Jack is opening!!!!! July 12, 2004	Jack opening Monday July 12, 2004 – started moving at noon and moving fast!
The first peek inside Jack’s amazing flower! July 12, 2004 3:30 PM	SFA President Tito Guerrero meets Jack – July 12, 2004	Jack seems so strong - July 12, 2004	Jack is so amazing! – July 12, 2004
Pat Mast says hello to Jack - July 12, 2004	Ann Olsen thinks Jack is the perfect recruiting tool for SFA! - July 12, 2004	Jack thanks Wayne Weatherford the webmaster and his family for such a good job! - July 12, 2004	Jack gets Dawn’s fine touch pollinating the flowers
The world gets to peek at Jack’s flowers on Tuesday	Dave Creech and Jack share an intimate pollination moment as Matt supervises - July 12, 2004	Dawn uses a thin camel hair brush to lightly brush the pollen on to stigma ends. July 12, 2004	Jack attracts other admirers - July 12, 2004
Late night with Jack - July 12, 2004	Jack started to really crank out a stench after dark - July 12, 2004	Jack has so many admirers! July 13, 2004	Jack loves Dawn - July 13, 2004
Looking down Jack’s throat at 10 PM - July 13, 2004	Jack loves attention. - July 13, 2004	Jack has had a very long day . . . it’s nearly dark. - July 13, 2004	Hmmmm. They look fertilized, don’t you think? 10 PM - July 13, 2004
Jack at 30 hrs open and still going! July 13, 2004	Come on, ladies! Jack needs some sleep and so do we! - July13, 2004	Some folks just can’t get enough - July 13, 2004	Jack’s pollen looks like grated cheese early Wednesday morning 7 AM - July 14, 2004
Jack is still open! Shipping pollen to Disney world this afternoon! - July 14, 2004	Dawn collects pollen while Lance provides valuable technical advice - July 14, 2004	Jack said whoa you’re tickling me! - July 14, 2004	Dawn has that fine touch, don’t you think? July 14, 2004
Uh-oh, Jack’s spathe kinda flopped over 10 AM - July 14, 2004	Is that the prettiest pollen you’ve ever seen? - July 14, 2004	Texas pollen is bound to be the best - July 14, 2004	Here’s what we see through that tiny little window - July 14, 2004
Dr. Ray Umber, Harvard PhD in Botany, tries his hand at collecting pollen! - July 14, 2004	We’re talking serious fertility here - July 14, 2004	Jack stuns the world with his virility - July 14, 2004	We remain stunned, amazed and short on humility - July 14, 2004
Jack’s pollen falling on female flowers too late to do much good. - July 14, 2004	Ruth says goodbye to Jack . . . July 14, 2004	Jack's window for pollination is sure to win the "Creative Use of Duct Tape" award - July 14, 2004	Jack is still standing proud at 6 PM July14, 2004
“He’s amazing, isn’t he? He is a he, isn’t he?” July 14, 2004	You mean we can really really touch him? July 14, 2004	In the Director’s opinion, Jack doesn’t get enough true respect from the staff. July 14, 2004	OK, Dr. Creech, just as long as we get overtime July 14, 2004
Jack is still here!! July 15, 2004	Elyce Rodewald, the Arboretum's educational programs coordinator, says goodbye to Jack - 3 PM - July 15, 2004	George and Dan from Arizona drove all the way to see Jack! - July 15, 2004	“He still looks strong, don’t you think?” said Gayla Mize to Theresa Reeves at 6:30 PM July 15, 2004
They said it would never happen! 6 PM July 15, 2004	Jack’s still a stately masterpiece – a bit tattered on that spathe, Dawn – but still a champ. July 15, 2004	Jack stuns the world! He’s still standing at 77 hours after first opening! 6 PM July 15, 2004	Jack’s flowers 72 hours after pollination. Hmmmm, do we hear a seed forming? - July 15, 2004
Elyce simply broke down and couldn’t speak. July 15, 2004	Jack is dying - July 15, 2004	All good things must come to an end. - July 15, 2004	Dr. Li (on right), Center for Medicinal Plant Research, and research medicinal chemist, Dr. Zhizhen Zhang are now off to the lab! July 16, 2004
This is painful to the SFA Mast Arboretum warriors – July 16, 2004	Dr. Shiyou Li, Director Center for Medicinal Plant Research, SFA, about to collect a sample of the spadix – July 16, 2004	Jack may cure cancer or have pharmaceutical properties not yet known to man! July 16, 2004	Hmmmm, looks like and smells like squash? July 16, 2004
Jack’s spathe is like an old vinyl roof on a ’65 Mercury – July 16, 2004	Female flowers 91 hours after pollinating last Monday night. Look pretty good, don’t you think? July 16, 2004	It’s over 100 degrees today and Jack is fixing to pack up and close it down – 3 PM July 16, 2004	Jack at 8 AM - July 17, 2004
Jack flowers at 8 AM - July 17, 2004	Janet with Jack - July 17, 2004	Jack 8 days after blooming July 20, 2004	Jack’s flowers look good . . . Jack’s flowers look good . . . - July 20, 2004
Oct 20, 2004 – Students are excited; Jack weighs in at 21 lbs.	Oct 20, 2004 – Jack’s tired! What are those Knobs? Are they cormlets!	Oct 20, 2004 – Jack gets a bath and wipes behind his ears.	Oct 20, 2004 - Hmmm. Jack lost 5 lbs during the flowering ordear. . . about 20% of his bodyweight.
Oct 20, 2004 – Dawn beds Jack down for the winter.