Maladora in full bloom. How does something so beautiful smell so bad?? #corpseflower
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Learn about the corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden.
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Wow, check out this massive titan arum flower! 🌺 Nature never ceases to amaze. Tag a friend who would love to see this botanical wonder. Like and share this post to spread the botanical bliss! You won't believe the size of this stunning flower. 😍 #homeandgarden #betterhomesandgardens #homegardening #homesandgardens #homegarden #gardenhome #gardeningathome
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Titan Arum "Corpse Flower" on Bloom at the New York Botanical Garden, June 2018. #nature #plant #photography #garden
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This week, we’ve got a super sized epic creature...The Amorphophallus Titanum has the largest unbranched inflorescence (or spadix) in the world; it can reach over three meters (or nearly 10 feet) long! The inflorescence happens to be the large stem in the middle of the flower... The Amorphophallus Titanum starts out as a large tuberous root called corm, which can weigh up to 200lbs. The corm grows and stores energy for up to ten years before it flowers. While developing, it can grow up to…
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'Titan arum', the tallest flower in the world. This flowering plant can reach over 10 ft in height and smells like a decomposing mammal, rendering it the other name 'Corpse plant'. #Nature #Flowers
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The World’s Largest Flower: The Titan Arum is native to the central Sumatran rainforests . The Titan Arum bloom ranges 3 metres high.
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Flowers have inspired humans since millenniums due to their form, color and smell. They make you feel like a rainbow’s rushed through you when you’re given a bouquet; make you feel at p…
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The Titan Arum is a truly remarkable plant. Both its inflorescence and its leaf structure are extremely unique and enormous. The stem of the leaf structure is just as green as the leaflets at the t…
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Rafflesia arnoldii the world’s largest flower. Diameter of about one meter and weighing up to ten kilograms. It's rare & not easily located, growing once a year, blooming for 5 days. The flower looks and smells like rotting flesh & is related to violets, poinsettias & passionflowers. It's nickname is “meat flower” or “corpse flower”. Found in Indonesian rain forests of southeastern Asia and Philippines.
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The Titan Arum, or 'corpse flower' in bloom at the Auckland Wintergarden greenhouse in New Zealand
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The giant, 8-foot plant only blooms once a decade, and emits a powerful odor.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsAbout the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum)In 1878, an Italian botanist named Odoardo Beccari “discovered” the titan arum in the dense equatorial rainforests of the island of Sumatra. Although the tubers that he sent to Florence died, some seeds survived, and a single seedling was sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It flowered in 1889. But only recently has the horticulture world had success in raising the corpse flower in cultivation.
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The Titan Arum ( Amorphophallus titanum ) at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh bloomed Saturday after 12 years of careful cultivation and a few feverish weeks of tracking bud development . It's the first time a Titan Arum has bloomed in Scotland, and a huge victory for the dedicated staff at the
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The giant titan arum plant produces a putrid stench to lure in its pollinators. Turns out it's a big draw for morbidly curious humans, too.
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Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc. - Titan Arum From: Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 117 [ser. 3, vol. 47]: t. 7153 (1891) [M. Smith]
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