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Titan Arum measurement – April 11, 2007
Here’s the latest large-scale measurement – the shoot has grown in height and circumference; Alex remains constant. I’ll also post a close-up. See the Titan Arum webcam for a live look at the plant. The image is renewed at five-minute intervals.
Titan Arum Measurement, April 4, 2007
My student Alex Burum and I are doing a series of measurements, with Alex and a meter stick as scaling objects, at approximately two-day intervals (more accurate measurements are also being made during each session). The current photo was taken on April 10, 2007 – click on the thumbnail for a larger version. I’ll update […]
Introduction to the Titan Arum
The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) can be found growing in the wild on Sumatra in Indonesia; it occurs naturally nowhere else. For several hours while in bloom, the flower will emit a powerful odor that is reminiscent of the odor of rotting flesh—explaining the popularity of the “corpse flower” and “corpse plant” sobriquets. The odor […]