Post by tygerarmy on Apr 28, 2011 21:10:31 GMT -5
one of the largest flowers bloomed in Switzerland
he began to tremble Friday night around 22 o'clock. His pistil along two meters deployed in moist air, surrounded by a ring of purple color purple. A titan arum, also known as "penis titan" and considered one of the largest flower in the world, opened the night of Friday to Saturday at the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland.
This plant usually grows in tropical forests of Sumatra in Indonesia and generally measure between 1.5 and three meters, according to the Botanical Garden Basel, where thousands of people gathered to witness this rare event.
The "Amorphophallus titanum" is known for its exceptional size, but also for its smell of carrion. Once hatched, the flower lies at the cadaver scents to attract insects which pollinate. And to be sure that the latter spot, the plant warms the pistil of nine degrees.
In addition, in order to begin its first flowering, the tubers of the plant should weigh about twenty pounds. Thus, in Switzerland, the tuber was need 17 years to reach that weight. But once hatched, the flower fades in a few days, sometimes even in one night, warn Swiss botanists. The tuber and dies not, however, and even gives a new flower usually three years after its first flowering.
The plant likes moist environments and temperatures ranging from 23 to 33 degrees Celsius. It is considered threatened by scientists. There are 134 copies in the botanical gardens in several countries, including 78 in the United States.
In addition, in order to begin its first flowering, the tubers of the plant should weigh about twenty pounds. Thus, in Switzerland, the tuber was need 17 years to reach that weight. But once hatched, the flower fades in a few days, sometimes even in one night, warn Swiss botanists. The tuber and dies not, however, and even gives a new flower usually three years after its first flowering.
The plant likes moist environments and temperatures ranging from 23 to 33 degrees Celsius. It is considered threatened by scientists. There are 134 copies in the botanical gardens in several countries, including 78 in the United States.
