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Post by steve on May 29, 2011 8:18:00 GMT
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Post by Rosie on May 29, 2011 8:24:29 GMT
I wouldn't fancy it in my house mind, the stink must be ...well stinky ;D
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Post by steve on May 29, 2011 8:25:23 GMT
I agree...bit big for the windowsill ;D
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Post by Cherry on May 29, 2011 9:30:24 GMT
This is interesting. How long will it be before it is in flower properly? It makes me want to go there.
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Post by grindle on May 29, 2011 12:04:09 GMT
shall I pop down and bring it home in my pocket for you Steve ;D
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Post by Rosie on May 29, 2011 12:38:41 GMT
shall I pop down and bring it home in my pocket for you Steve ;D You will need a HUGE pocket Grindle....  |
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Post by steve on May 29, 2011 13:33:54 GMT
It would look at home in the middle of the Gunnera ;D
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Post by merlin on May 29, 2011 15:08:30 GMT
If I was taking pics with those people, I'd make a quick exit before the pollinators arrive!!
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Post by grindle on May 29, 2011 17:04:39 GMT
;Dbit of adjustment Rosie and it's good to go, no one will ever notice, after all we can't let Steve down can we  |
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Post by wildlifefriendly on May 29, 2011 18:30:08 GMT
Blimey, what a flower.
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Post by Fractal on May 29, 2011 18:43:19 GMT
I once had one of it's relatives on my bedroom windowsill when I was a kid (Voodoo Lily). I came back from school one day to find mum had put it outside because of the stink. Pity it was in the middle of winter as it was completely frosted by the time I got home! She has a cruel streak!!!
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Post by Fractal on May 29, 2011 18:49:11 GMT
Sorry to be a pedant. This Titan Arum is one of the wonders of the plant kingdom, nay the whole of the natural world but it is not the largest "flower" as stated in the link. They should at least have got this correct! It's an inflorescence made up of many small flowers and surrounded by large spathes or modified bracts/leaves. The Sunflower is another "flower" of cited as a large flower when it is in fact made up of many small true flowers packed into a head.
The largest known single flower still remains the parasitic Rafflesia arnoldii that lives completely within its host vines in Sumatra, only emerging during flowering.
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Post by Louise on May 30, 2011 6:23:11 GMT
Cherry, i'd also like to know how long it will be before it opens fully.
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Post by steve on May 30, 2011 9:03:42 GMT
In the blurb above the web cam it says early to mid June, soooo prob a couple of weeks yet  |
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Post by Fractal on May 30, 2011 9:04:39 GMT
It is a remarkable structure!
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