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Amorphophallus campanulatus
The current darling of the school garden. On the process of rotting, and thus it stinks :). Bloomed after the right combination of hot and rainy days. The bud took just 1 week to grow 1.5 feet tall, before unveiling the inflorescence. Male florets on top, females at the bottom. Transplanted from Mount Makiling, Laguna, Phils. Family Araceae.
Lowland rainforest.
Spotted on May 31, 2011
Submitted on Jun 2, 2011
6 Comments
the same type of plant was discovered at Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City Philippines, when some residents noticed that they had smelled the same like a dead body of any animal
Impressive plant.
This is awesome! Amorphophallus are so cool!
Hahaha. The smell was beginning to turn hideous, but I only have love for the thing.
I can just smell it now! We had one bloom at the Botanical Garden I worked for and people came from all around to see it. The smell was horrible!
Unbelievable creature...!!