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UPDATE: The Titan Arum Has BloomedA second Titan Arum, one of the world's largest and most malodorous flowers, bloomed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Botany Greenhouse on Wednesday, July 31st. The Titan Arum or "corpse flower," noted for a nasty stench given off by blooms that can have a diameter of as much as four feet, is exceedingly rare among cultivated plants. The plant — not the same one that bloomed on June 7, 2001 — is the second to bloom in Wisconsin and one of less than approximately 20 recorded blooms in the United States. The plant, whose scientific name is Amorphophallus titanum, is a member of the family Araceae. It may bloom only two or three times during a 40-year lifespan. |
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. |
Visitors gather to view the 98-inch-tall Titan
Arum nicknamed "Big Bucky," which bloomed
June 9, 2005.
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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File last updated: July 20, 2005 |