Titan Arum

Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. The titan arum is considered a historic plant when it is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest flower in the world when it weighs 339 lb. (153.9 Kg). The titan arum is also known as the corpse flower or corpse tree because it smells like a rotting corpse, or locally as the "rotten bride" due to its resemblance to the Tim Burton movie.

In addition, the titan arum has the world's largest unbranched inflorescence, the titan arum's berries arrange in a regular cylindrical form that resembles the packing of spheres inside confinement. These things have created the specialty of this flower, the titan arum is also a rare plant and attracts many tourists every year.


Type of plant: bulbous flowering herbaceous perennial
Size:
up to 12 feet tall (3.6 meters)
Conservation status:
endangered.
Origin:
only from equatorial rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Reason for being rare:
limited environment and very rare blooming.

Refer to: https://www.gardeningchores.com/rare-flowers/

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
Source: Kew Gardens
Source: Kew Gardens

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