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| Stuttgart | World's Largest Flower To Be Blooming Next Week Posted: Sat July 19, 2008 03:27 PM UTC
Not a question but an information for those who are around Baden-Württemberg next week...
The Wilhelma, the botanical garden and zoo in Stuttgart, is expecting a big event next week. The plant with the largest inflorescence in the world, the titan arum (Amorphophallis titanun), is producing a flower after 3 years of rest. This is the very same plant that broke the world record in October 2005 with a flower of 2.94 m height. The flower will be fully open for one single hour. This is expected to happen next Wednesday, July 23 - but no one knows for sure. The Stuttgart plant has been named "La Diva" for some reason... Half-opened it's impressive enough, though. Wilhelma's Titan Arum Diary (with photos): http://www.wilhelma.de/nc/de/ereignisse/titanenwur Webcam: http://www.swr.de/regionen/stuttgart/titanenwurz/- Wikipedia on titan arum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum |
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| Stuttgart | Re: World's Largest Flower To Be Blooming Next Week Posted: Sat July 19, 2008 05:27 PM UTC
The Botanical Gardens in Bonn have four titan arums, three of them already, and basically simultaneously, came to bloom this year, which is a new record.
Apparently, the fourth bloom can be seen during the upcoming days. Predicted date was July 16. http://www.botgart.uni-bonn.de/o_samm/gal08_4.html As always, the stench of carcass will attect tousands of people. ;-)
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| Stuttgart | Re: World's Largest Flower To Be Blooming Next Week Posted: Wed July 23, 2008 06:38 PM UTC
Update for all lovers of giant stinky flowers:
La Diva started opening her flower this afternoon at 14.15. The Wilhelma stays open till 22.00 tonight and tomorrow. Pictures on the above quoted websites.
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