Hundreds of people, if not thousands, lined up late into the night between Sunday and Monday morning to be able to walk past the corpse flower and take a picture.
Hundreds of people, if not thousands, lined up late into the night between Sunday and Monday morning to be able to walk past the corpse flower and take a picture.
The endangered Sumatran Titan arum, a giant stinking flower also known as the corpse flower, had a rare and short bloom in a botanical garden in Warsaw, attracting crowds who waited for hours to see it.
The extraordinary flower, which gives off a corpse-like odor to attract pollinating insects that feed on meat, blossomed on Sunday. She was already wilting on Monday.
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Also known as Amorphophallus titanum, the plant has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, which can reach 3 meters in height. Its flowering is rare and unpredictable.
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The plant grows wild only in Sumatran rainforests, but is endangered there due to deforestation. Cultivation in the botanical gardens, where they are a major attraction for visitors, has helped its conservation. It is known that the first flowering outside Sumatra dates back to 1889 at the Royal Botanical Gardens in London in Kew.
We've all been waiting for this moment ?? Started! Our # giant oddity (Amorphophallus titanum) will bloom today….
Posted by The Botanical Garden of the University of Warsaw on Sunday, June 13, 2021
