Whenever a Titan Lily blooms it makes a news. And a smell of rotten flesh probably to attract pollinator insects. You are lucky to see it in front of you. And thanks for showing this majestic plant in bloom. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 12:48:48 AM UTC+5:30, Vijayasankar wrote: > > Dear all, > > The plant with the largest inflorescence in the world, Titan Arum > (*Amorphophallus > titanum*), is currently in flowering in our medicinal plant garden at the > University of Mississippi. The flower-bud is now 3-days old and has grown > to over 3 ft tall; at maturity it may reach 7-10 ft high. It may gradually > bloom during the next 2-3 days. In full bloom, it emanates a > characteristic, strong, unpleasant (rotting meat!) odor in order to attract > the pollinator flies. So, it is also known as 'Corpse Flower'. > > This is a rare and threatened plant species, native to Indonesia. The > plant takes more than 5 years to start flowering and it blooms infrequently > (once in 3-5 years). It even more rarely blooms under cultivation. For more > details visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum > > I will post more pictures when the inflorescence opens fully. > > Regards > > Vijayasankar > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
