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Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower" or "Carrion Flower" blooming @ 33 secs., 8 Apr 2013 - 11 Apr 2013 at Belk Greenhouse @ Miami University. http://cas.miamioh.edu/botany/titan

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Kingdom: Angiosperms -> Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Amorphophallus
Species: A. titanum

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- dimethyl trisulfide = limburger cheese
- dimethyl disulfide & trimethylamine = rotting fish
- isovaleric acid = sweaty socks
- benzyl alcohol = sweet floral scent
- indole = human feces

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- requires 7–10 years of vegetative growth before blooming for the first time

- after its first blooming some plants may not bloom again for another 7–10 years while others may bloom every two to three years

- spathe generally begins to open between mid-afternoon and late evening

- the opening of the flower can take up to 48 hours

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The smell of the titan arum reminds of rotting meat, attracting carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies that pollinate it.

The deep red color and texture greats the illusion that the flower is a piece of meat.

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It first flowered in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London, in 1889, with over 100 cultivated blossoms since then.

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very difficult to cultivate and to get a bloom

always needs a humid and warm environment

temperatures over 24 °C

for the growth a high amount of fertilizer is needed

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- when growing the plants temperature increases about 6.5 °C compared to room temperature to attracts insects for pollination

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The Plant was first scientifically described in 1878 by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari

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The heaviest corm of the Flower was found in New Hampshire by Dr. Louis Ricciardiello in 2010 with a weigth of 138.6 kg. It also was the highest plant according to their kind with a height of 3.1 m

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- western Sumatra, Indonesia, and Malaysian Borneo
- in equatorial rainforests on limestone hills
- also cultivated by botanical gardens and private collectors around the world

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After the flower dies, a single leaf, which reaches the size of a small tree, grows from the underground corm.

Each year, the old leaf wilts and a new one grows in its place.

When the corm has stored enough energy, it becomes dormant for about four months. Then, the process repeats.

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can reach over 3 m  in height

leaf structure can reach up to 6 m tall and 5 m across

consists of a smelly spadix of flowers wrapped by a spathe, which looks like a large petal

two small flowers inside

female flower opens first

one or two days the male follows

prevents of self-pollination

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spathe is a deep green on the outside and dark red on the inside, with a deeply sulcated texture

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spathe - Blütenscheide
sulcated - zerfurscht
inflorescence - Blütenstand
petal - Blütenblatt
spadix - Kolben
dormant - Vegetationsruhe
corm/bulb - Knolle/Kormus
carcass-eating insects - Aasfresser
blooming - Blüte
beetles - Käfer
self-pollination - Selbstbefruchtung
wilt - welken

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In the following video you can get an impression of the size of the flower. Also you can marvel the duration of flowering in time lapse.

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Designers have long been plagiarizing nature's organic shapes and colors, but even the most creative don't rival the ingenious, stunning-and in this case peculiar-examples of flora and fauna. A celebrity of the plant world, the Amorphophallus Titanum, or "the corpse flower," is a rare bloom that's native to Indonesia and known for the extreme smell that it emits when it opens.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum

http://www.botmuc.de/de/garten/2016/05-13_titanenwurz.html

https://giphy.com/search/amorphophallus-titanum