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Weather was still damp after leaving the Museum of Anthropology, so we decided to go to Granville Island Market.
Vancouver, Canada.
Garden visitors viewing an Amorphophallus titanum, in bloom & on public view at Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, California. July, 2002.
Sprouting from a large corm, this huge inflorescence, the largest one known to science, is fragrant, with the distinct and quite unforgettable scent of rotting animal flesh. This is to attract the flower's main pollinators - Carrion Beetles. It is sometimes refered to as "Corpse Flower."
Once the bud opens, the blossom lasts less than a week before collapsing. The plant later will produce one big, umbrella-like leaf, before going into an erratically-timed period of dormancy.
A. titanum is an aroid, related to Anthuriums and Calla Lilies. it is is a native of the the island of Sumatra, growing along the better-lit edges of stands of rainforest.
Workshop on refugee scientists. Trieste (Italy), 13-17 March 2017. Photo from second day, 14 March 2017.
[Credit: Demis Albertacci/TWAS]
Raul Vera, 12, of San Diego, looks through the sight of a Marine Corps Stinger heat seeking missile launcher.
Workshop on refugee scientists. Trieste (Italy), 13-17 March 2017. Photo from second day, 14 March 2017.
[Credit: Demis Albertacci/TWAS]
Garden visitors viewing an Amorphophallus titanum, in bloom & on public view at Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas, California. July, 2002.
Sprouting from a large corm, this huge inflorescence, the largest one known to science, is fragrant, with the distinct and quite unforgettable scent of rotting animal flesh. This is to attract the flower's main pollinators - Carrion Beetles. It is sometimes refered to as "Corpse Flower."
Once the bud opens, the blossom lasts less than a week before collapsing. The plant later will produce one big, umbrella-like leaf, before going into an erratically-timed period of dormancy.
A. titanum is an aroid, related to Anthuriums and Calla Lilies. it is is a native of the the island of Sumatra, growing along the better-lit edges of stands of rainforest.