Awesome Corpse Flower Adelaide 8+
Titan arum aka Corpse Flower paula mcmanus.
corpse flower adelaide. Jan 02 2017 THE stinky corpse flower at the Adelaide Botanic Garden is likely to rise from the dead much sooner than expected. Mar 14 2016 Amorphophallus titanum is native to the rainforests of western Sumatra and is enough of a celebrity to attract a crowd as shown with recent flowerings at Mount Lofty and Adelaide Botanic Gardens. The threatened Titan Arum which smells like rotting flesh will be on show until midnight for people to catch a glimpse or a whiff.
The relentless scorching sun can cause dehydration a lack of energy and even a severe case of body odour. Special for a number of reasons its short flowering time its unusual odour and its rare showing. However the impact of your average heatwave in Adelaide is nothing compared to being in close proximity to the Sumatran Corpse Flower.
The Titan Arum is a rare and endangered flower that originates from Sumatra. In a likely world first the mysterious plant is producing a leaf and a flower simultaneously and could bloom for a second time by this weekend. This unusual and hard to find plant originated in the Sumatran rainforest region.
The threatened Titan Arum which smells like rotting flesh will be on show until midnight for people to catch a glimpse or a whiff. My favourite photos of David Attenborough show him in an ecstatic state posing variously with this species in Sumatra. The flowers are incredibly rare and Adelaides collection of them is one of the largest in the world.
But do not go rushing for the door just yet while gardens staff say while they can smell something like a dead possum in the conservatory they will not know until later on Sunday if the flower is about to open. Jan 03 2017 A rare corpse flower has opened in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens earlier than gardening experts expected. Oct 11 2018 The Corpse Flower at Adelaide Botanic Garden is housed in the Bicentennial Conservatory and could bloom as early as 11 October.
This plant is endemic to rainforests of Sumatra Indonesia and is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Bunga bangkai bunga means flower while bangkai can be translated as corpse cadaver or carrion. The endangered Indonesian plant only blooms for 48 hours every two to three years and releases a foul odour which some have likened to that of rotting flesh.