Amorphophallus titanum

Beccari 1834

The largest inflorescence in the world (not counting Agave which blooms only once). Native to Sumatra.

	Photos (1-16) taken by various photographers in Rejang Land, south west Sumatra highland, Indonesia. published by kind permission of Tun Jang.
photos (1-11) © Zeren

The inflorescence is about 2 m tall and it blooms only three days. photo (1-2) © David Attenborough
The interior of the spadix. An insect from the Hymenoptera order can be seen among the female flowers. Maybe it's the one who pollinates the flowers? photo © Neil Lucas	The infructescence, more than 2 m tall, The leaves are giant, too. An adult leaf may be to 6 m tall. You can see the petioles on the right of the photo and a young leaf behind these people. photo © James Symon
	A. titanum blooming in a botanic garden photo © Ogrody 2004/02

The IAS: Amorphophallus titanum Krzysztof Kozminski: Amorphophallus titanum Bernhard Strolka: Amorphophallus titanum

James Thompson: Amorphophallus titanum Kathy Upton: Amorphophallus titanum Alan Galloway: Amorphophallus titanum Tropicos: Amorphophallus titanum CATE Araceae: Amorphophallus titanum

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