Araceae
10-Amorphophallus
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The giant inflorescences are sometimes called the "world's largest flower". However, this is an inflorescence, not a flower; as you will recall from the lecture on parasitic plants, the largest flower is produced by Rafflesia arnoldii. Nevertheless, this does not make the inflorescences of Amorphophallus titanum any less impressive! In the photo on the right is a famous early geneticist Hugo de Vries standing on an oil barrel alongside an inflorescence at the New York Botanical Garden. The photo on the left was of a plant in bloom at Kew Gardens in London, England. The very large spathe is brown on the inside, indicating that this is a carrion flower (i.e., they small awful!). The spadix is green and cylindrical. |