For those of you interested in really fragrant (okay, really stinky and I do mean putrid) flowers, check out the link below.
Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the Corpse Flower, is about to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in New York. It bears a 4 to 6 ft. (or higher) flower head that "produces a revolting stench of putrefaction", similar to a decomposing corpse. In the wild, the odor attracts carrion beetles and sweat bees, for pollination.
The blooming of Titan Arum is a big event, as it's very difficult to get it to bloom in cultivation, and the plant is rapidly disappearing from the wild because of unscrupulous collectors.
http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/h...he-titan-arum/
If you're interested in following the bloom progression from home, the following link is to a webcam of the plant, updated every 30 seconds. It's in a greenhouse, and as it's currently nighttime here as I write this, the greenhouse is naturally dark, but dawn is just a few hours away.
http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/webcam/
Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the Corpse Flower, is about to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, in New York. It bears a 4 to 6 ft. (or higher) flower head that "produces a revolting stench of putrefaction", similar to a decomposing corpse. In the wild, the odor attracts carrion beetles and sweat bees, for pollination.
The blooming of Titan Arum is a big event, as it's very difficult to get it to bloom in cultivation, and the plant is rapidly disappearing from the wild because of unscrupulous collectors.
http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/h...he-titan-arum/
If you're interested in following the bloom progression from home, the following link is to a webcam of the plant, updated every 30 seconds. It's in a greenhouse, and as it's currently nighttime here as I write this, the greenhouse is naturally dark, but dawn is just a few hours away.
http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/webcam/
