Corpse flower

Kibut Or the giant carcass flower is a plant of the endemic taro tribe of Sumatra, Indonesia, known as the largest flowering plant in the world, although the records mention that its relatives, A. gigas (also endemic from Sumatra) can produce flowers as high as 5m, Kibut also called the carcass flower due to the flowers that smell like a rotting carcass, intended to actually invite beetles and flies to pollinate the flowers.

Kibut is often interchangeable with the gigantic patriarch Rafflesia arnoldii, probably because both of these plants share a giant flower, and both both give off an unpleasant odor.

This plant has two phases in its life that appear alternately, the vegetative phase and the generative phase. In the vegetative phase appear leaves and stems all. The height can reach 6m. After several years, this vegetative organ wilted and the tuber dormant. If the food reserve in the tuber is sufficient and the environment is favorable, the compound interest will emerge. If the food reserves less grow back leaves.

The flowers are very large and tall, shaped like a phallus (actually a cob or spadix) surrounded by a large flower of flowers. The flowers are single and protogini: the receptive female flowers first, then followed by the male flower, as a mechanism to prevent self-pollination.

Kibut is now scattered in various places around the world, mainly owned by botanical gardens or specialist breeders. In America, flowers that appear are often given a nickname or a particular name and always attract the attention of many visitors. Uniquely many visitors come to "enjoy the smell" it.