04/05/2022
1x in 40 years! Wow!
Amorphophallus Titanium, one of the largest flowers in the world. It blooms once every 40 years only for 4 days!
Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The inflorescence of the talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, is larger, but it is branched rather than unbranched. A. titanum is endemic to Sumatra.
Due to its odor, like that of a rotting co**se, the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower, and is also known as the co**se flower or co**se plant (Indonesian: bunga bangkai—bunga means flower, while bangkai can be translated as co**se, cadaver, or carrion).
The titan arum's inflorescence can reach over 3 m (10 ft) in height.
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