Nature’s Most Peculiar Plants: Rafflesia Arnoldii (Corpse Flower)
Source : Divine Caroline
The Rafflesia arnoldii , found in Southeast Asia , is known by the name “ remains flower ” due to the feeling of rotting flesh which it grant off . The plant life is rootless , leafless , parasitic , and has the largest screw flower in the world – it can grow to be close to 3 feet across . The heyday only lasts a few days before dying off , but its nasty scent and orotund , dappled , red petals make it an unmistakable bloom .
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germ : Parasitic Plants
Peculiar Plants: Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum)
informant : Smithsonian Institute
Amorphophallus titanumtranslates literally to “ giant misshapen phallus , ” which is about the most accurate description one could give to this unknown industrial plant . Its mutual name is “ titan aroid , ” but , like the Rafflesia arnoldii , it can be call “ corpse industrial plant ” or “ corpse heyday ” due to its sweetness of decomposing mammals . The titan arum ’s home is in the rainforests of Sumatra where it can uprise to be over 10 invertebrate foot marvelous . Its flowering is fabulously rare and unexpected , but when it blooms the mephitis is horribly overwhelming .
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Source:Parasitic Plants
Source:Smithsonian Institute
