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Thread #165146   Message #3958823
Posted By: GUEST,gecko
27-Oct-18 - 08:08 PM
Thread Name: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower
Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower
There is one in the Botanical Gardens in tropical Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Here is a snippet from an article in the local rag:

"Stink aside, Titan Arum also holds claim to one of the most unusual – and amusing – scientific names in the plant world; Amorphophallus Titanum means ‘misshapen giant penis’.

Cairns Botanic Gardens made national headlines last year with the blooming of a 282cm, record-breaking Titan Arum named Spud in January last year.

Spud’s olfactory assault drew hundreds of curious families, visitors and photographers keen to catch the corpse flower in action (Titan Arum flowers typically close within two days of opening.)"

I wasn't fortunate to witness this marvel of Mother Nature but hope to another time.

YIU
gecko