Largest flower flourishing in botanical garden of Bonn Germany

Titan arum in the botanical garden of Bonn, Courtesy: University of Bonn, Germany

It is the largest flower known on earth and it is rarely to see in botanical gardens world wide: Amorphophallus titanum (Titan arum) - growing naturally in Indonesia in rainforests  - now gave the honour to some 10.000 visitors at the botanical garden in Bonn, Germany. Only some 2-3 days the impressive spectacular is lasting. Only 10-15 times since 1937 this giant plant showed its 3 metre flowers.

The flower which is attracting carrion eating insects for pollination by its carrion like odor is extremely difficult to keep in culture because it is easily infected with nematods.

On Sumatra, where it naturally grows, it belongs to the magnolia family of plants which is a common plant family in gardens and houses. Nevertheless with the difficulty of culturing it in humans custody and its enormous size it probably is not the plant of choice for the appartment flat or the winter garden.

More information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_arum

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