Jakarta – A giant corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum Becc.), reaching 291 centimeters in height, has bloomed once again in the Cibodas Arboretum Preservation Center at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Bogor.
The flower, which belongs of the taro people (Araceae), is likewise referred to as the carcass flower as, when it blooms, it gives off an odor so foul and powerful that it can be smelled within a 100- meter radius.
“The odor originates from amino acids that come out through the surface of the cob. The stink produced when the flowers flower draws in the attention of various bugs, and they come and help pollinate the plant,” said among the scientists at the Plant Conservation Institute for Cibodas Botanical Gardens, Destri, in a statement received in Jakarta on Friday.
The plant was acquired from the Manau River in the Kerinci Seblat National Forest, West Sumatra throughout an exploration in 2000.
The plant is so named on account of its big flowers, and is one of the largest on the planet, said LIPI Cibodas Botanical Garden Plant Preservation scientist Muhammad Imam Surya.
“The imposing flower kind is really a yellow-colored cob, or spadix, surrounded by a flower sheath that has an attractive orange-red shape in blossom,” he stated.
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He even more said that the flower has a special quality: if the food scheduled in the tubers suffices and the environment is encouraging, then compound flowers appear. If food reserves are doing not have, then the leaves grow back.
Amorphophallus titanium has three stages in its life cycle, specifically the vegetative stage, the generative (flowers) stage, and the dormant phase (rest). When a common endemic plant of Sumatra, it does not appear on the surface area of the soil.
It is classified as a threatened plant, based upon its classification by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is a protected types in Indonesia in accordance with Federal government Guideline number 7 of 1999.
The Plant Preservation Center of the Cibodas Arboretum has several Amorphophallus titanium specimens. The first remains flowers flowered at the Cibodas Arboretum on March 11 in 2004, after their roots were planted in 2000 as part of an exploration. They flowered for the last time on April 5, 2019.
Those who wish to see the remains flowers and numerous other types of plants in the Cibodas Arboretum will need to wait as the facility is closed from 19 to 31 March as part of efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19
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