Links about the Titan Arum

• Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Sarasota, FL)
• Fairchild Tropical Gardens (Coral Gables, FL)
• The Huntington Botanical Gardens (San Marino, CA)
• Kew Gardens (England)
• Botanic Garden at Bonn University (in German)
• University of Connecticut, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Conservatory

Visitors gather to view the 98-inch-tall Titan Arum nicknamed "Big Bucky," which bloomed June 9, 2005.
Photo by: Michael Forster Rothbart

Illustration: Kandis Elliot

This illustration shows Titan Arum in bud, left, and full bloom, center. At the base of the spadix (the fleshy central column) are over a thousand tiny flowers. If pollinated, these flowers will produce a huge ball of bright red berries, right.

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