Hallo all,
Amorphophallus titanum is also to be found in the botanical garden of the
university of bonn (germany). it is a big event when the "flower opens". The
newspaper announces the event well in advance so that people from near and far
come to see it. After all it doen't flower every year. Though the smell is
untolerable, a big queue is waiting to see Amorphophallus titanum.
Regards
nalini
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From: Mahendra Prasad
To: Sushmita Jha ; Gurcharan Singh
Cc: indiantreepix
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:39 PM
Subject: [indiantreepix:17092] Re: Biggest & huge flowers
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
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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
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