04-09-2015, 10:30 AM
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Kews Corpse Flower Flowering
On Tuesday night, something very unpleasant began to stir in the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew Gardens. Quietly, and without fanfare, a type of lily called the Titan arum started to swell and soar up towards the glass ceiling of the greenhouse complex, where some of the rarest and most exotic plants in the world are grown.After several years of careful nurturing, the Titan arum had finally mustered up enough energy to put on what Kew is delicately referring to as the 'greatest sexual performance of its life'.
Growing at a rate of about a quarter of an inch an hour, the tumescence had soon reached a height of nearly nine feet, and began to unfurl.
It was then that it became clear why the Titan arum also goes by another name - the corpse flower.
Read on: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3klEGLOFg
04-09-2015, 01:58 PM
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Re: Kews Corpse Flower Flowering
Nor the prettiest but it's amazing how it attracts vistors
https://twitter.com/kewgardens/statu...13727692181504
04-09-2015, 05:04 PM
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Re: Kews Corpse Flower Flowering
Originally Posted by Aysa
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Its amazing but I think the smell might put me off a little..loved the time lapse vid Solo thanks for posting that 
It never ceases to amaze me how nature can create such specimens..wonder why it has such a disgusting odour to it?
http://science.howstuffworks.com/lif...lant-stink.htm
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