Title: Amorphophallus titanum live Post by: cKleinhuis on April 22, 2008, 08:37:35 AM hi there, i live in bonn, germany, and they have a great botanical garden,
in this garden they have a plant, called "Amorphophallus titanum" this year the plant is having its big blossom again, http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/titan2008.php this years gallery: http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/o_samm/gal08.html the plant has the biggest known blossom, but stinks heavily ! wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_arum (http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/webcam/system.jpg) Title: Re: Amorphophallus titanum live Post by: ramblerette on April 27, 2008, 11:31:14 PM mighty flower,not idela to have in the garden:)
Title: Re: Amorphophallus titanum live Post by: Karl131058 on June 27, 2008, 04:49:47 PM Interesting plant, never seen it before, neither life nor onscreen.
Well, we live and learn... When it's closed, or opened only a bit, it reminds me of the famous "mean green mother from outer space" ;) Have a nice day Karl Title: Re: Amorphophallus titanum live Post by: Cyclops on August 31, 2009, 03:01:06 PM Fabulous plant! I first saw this on David Attenborough's series Private Life of Plants. I'm a plant freak! |