Giant Corpse Flower Plants

Appropriate name huh this recently caught my attention when i was on my daily prowl on the internet searching for fun and interesting bits of science news to share with my students.
Giant corpse flower plants. Bunga bangkai bunga means flower while bangkai can be translated as corpse cadaver or carrion. Contrary to its name the corpse flower is actually a parasite that makes its home on a tropical genus of grape vine called tetrastigma. The corpse flower is in the aroid subfamily of flowering plants. Measuring in at nearly 44 inches in diameter this giant rafflesia tuan mudae is the largest bloom ever recorded.
Yep this is the giant corpse flower or scientifically speaking amorphophallus titanum. Once a corpse bud takes root in an unsuspecting vine it. Its nickname comes from the incredible stench the plant gives off as it blooms. Ecsu has two genotypes genetically.
Also known as a corpse flower it is one of 28 species in the rafflesia genus. Relatives include the common duckweed skunk cabbage calla lily and jack in the pulpit. Appropriate name huh this recently caught my attention when i was on my daily prowl on the internet searching for fun and interesting bits of science news to share with my students. Yep this is the giant corpse flower or scientifically speaking amorphophallus titanum.
Aug 28 2012 a giant flower that smells of rotting flesh.