Selasa, 13 November 2012

Amorphophallus titanum vs Rafflesia arnoldii

Rafflesia arnoldii (capt. by Uswatun Hasanah)
Amorphophallus titanum vs Rafflesia arnoldii

May be you are being confused with "cropse flower", because both of them have "good" smell. But, both of them have different shape. When Rafflesia arnoldi that called "Padma the Biggest" is high, Amorphophallus titanum is circle.

Rafflesia is one of three national symbol as rare flower that declared as "Puspa Langka" in 1993. Rafflesia growth with diameter around 1 m and weight up to 11 kg. Rafflesia live as parasite in Tetrasigma vine, its rare to be fertilized because the pistil and stamen seldom flowering at the same time. But the research that conduct in Bogor Botanical Garden showed that Rafflesia still could flowering although not in it original habitat.
Amorphophallus titanum





Amorphopallus titanum is endemic from Sumatra. The influorecence up to 3 m and grows from the underground corm. This flower is the original that called "cropse flower".


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Research on Amorphophallus titanum

Rafflesia arnoldii di Kebun Raya Bogor Mekar Kembali

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