Good morning all,
we went on Friday afternoon to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to see the flowering of their Amorphophallus titanum.
Here is the link to the BBG with lots of details
http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/
and perhaps you might enjoy my pictures of this enormous flower
http://www.kammlott.net/TitanArum/
I believe it was pollinated with this plant:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/637561/
Here is one of my pics to get you started
So, just how bad did it smell? :)
It didn't smell at all by the time we got there on Friday afternoon!!
I was actually disappointed, since I would have considered the "scent" as part of the whole experience!
It seems that the female flowers open first and only these are supposed to produce the stench, which supposedly can be smelled from a half mile away. The female flowers are only open for about 8 hours.
When they are done or pollinated from another plant, the male flowers open and those do not smell. This is to ensure pollination with another plant, not self-fertilization.
The pollination was already carried out at our visit, so no smell!
I was wondering why no one looked like they were going to pass out in any of your pictures! :)
Sorry you missed the smell. I think I agree, I would have wanted to experience the smell for myself, too (probably only once.)
Thank you for the pictures , that was cool.
Seen AND smelt them.
You DON'T want the full experience!
Unless a squashed skunk in 100 degree temps...........LOL
The picture is excellent!
Thanks for sharing it!
Ric
Thanks!!
Ric, I believe you. :-)
One of the guards claimed the smell was still lingering in some elevator. I think it was still in his nose!
Yes, thanks for the great photos. I would love to see one in person, however I think I would want to pass on the smell. I feel for the people that have to work there around the time the female bloom on the Titan blooms. =/
Kind of strange that huge conservatory with just that one plant in there, lol, even if it is one humongous plant. I am assuming the bottle on the pole is a feeding mechanism of sorts?
so cool! thanks for sharing.
I'm still speechless. Love the photo of the Daddy plant in Vermont.
