Hi Sushmita & Gurcharan, The largest single flower is borne by the Rafflesia arnoldii. The flower of Rafflesia arnoldii, a terrestrial parasite plant found in Indonesia, may be over 100 cm, 39", in diameter, weighing upto 10 kg, 22lbs. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia. Amorphophllus titanum, Titan Arum, is the largest unbranched inflorescene in the world. It also grows in Indonesia. The tallest ht of the flower reached 2.74 m, 8 ft. 11 high. It can reach over 3 m, 10 ft in circumference. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum
________________________________ From: Sushmita Jha <[email protected]> To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Cc: indiantreepix <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 28 August, 2009 6:36:31 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:17076] Re: Biggest & huge flowers Gurcharanji, I too felt the need to know the names but dont have time to search and label them - I knew only Rafflesia. These came to me in a forward. Thank you for the two names. I think there are some other names in the url sent by Stephen. Sushmita On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: Shusmitaji >Very good photographs. It would have been great if labels were also there. I >can place only Rafflesia and Amorphophallus titanum > >Gurcharan Singh >----- Original Message ----- >>From: Sushmita Jha >>To: indiantreepix >>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:22 AM >>Subject: [indiantreepix:17040] Biggest & huge flowers >> >> >> >>Hello all, >>just sharing a forward that is relevant to this group. >>Sushmita Jha >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> >> See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
