One of the world's largest and most malodorous flowers, the titan arum,
will soon bloom inside the UW-Madison Botany Greenhouse. This follow
the first ever bloom in Wisconsin and one of less than 15 recorded blooms
in the United States.
Time-lapse sequences:
The following Quicktime VR files capture the opening of the flower on
June 7. (Each file captures the same sequence.)
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History of UW-Madison's
titan arum
Tuber dimensions: 24-inch diameter, 75-inch circumference
Growth progress: (Growth chart)
May 24 - 3 feet, 7.5 inches
May 23 - 3 feet, 3.5 inches
May 22 - 3 feet, .5 inches
May 21 - 2 feet, 9.5 inches (determined it was a flower bud, not a leaf)
April 27 - bud emerging
Latin name: Amorphophallus titanum
Other names: Titan Arum, Corpse flower, Bunga Bangkai
Native habitat: equatorial rainforests of central Sumatra
in Indonesia
Known bloomings in the U.S.: less than 15
More facts
about the Titan Arum
Previous bloomings
in the U.S.
Links to other Titan
Arum sites
High-resolution photos
for print use
News media contact: Terry Devitt, 608-262-8282, trdevitt@facstaff.wisc.edu
