Corpse flower.

The giant suweg (keribut) or more commonly known as the carcass flower is a plant derived from taro. This flower gives off an unpleasant smell like a carcass, which is actually to invite beetles, flies or other insects to pollinate the flowers.

There are several reasons why it is said Flower carcass.

Photo new carcass flowers grow

First (1) because the carcass flower is a typical nickname for plants with the genus Amorphophallus.Amorphophallus is one of the plant genera of tubers or taro tribes (Araceae).

to two (2) At certain times the flower of the Amorphophallus clan plants can produce a stinging smell of carcasses. That's why they are named as carcass flowers..

to three (3) Old Grow and Bloom.

Photo of the dead carcass

Citing the official website of the College of Bilogogical Sciences, University of Minnesota, titan arum able to grow until reaching the age of 40 years.

This plant rarely blooms, which is only 7 to 9 years once. Once he blooms, the time is only briefly, ie a day to two days.

to four) How to Grow

Titan arum undergoes two phases of life that appear alternately and continuously, ie vegetative (asexual) and generative (sexual) phases. During the vegetative phase, above the bulbs will appear single stem and many leaves.

In the generative phase, the titan arum will form itself like a carcass flower. Its size can be shorter than the vegetative phase. When the carcass flower is wilted, if its habitat conditions allow, it will again repeat its life cycle, ie the dead dead carcass flower can grow new carcass flowers.

to five) Body Shape

Titan arum actually consists of thousands of small flowers that grow on the same stems wrapped by spathe or veil of flowers. This pathe is a modified form of the leaves.

Thus, the carcass flower is not a single flowering plant, but a kind of flowering plants compound (inflorescence). The looming part (cob or spadix) in the flower is actually composed of small flower colonies.

As a type of tuber plants, titan arum must also have tubers or storage rods in the soil. The titan arum commonly called this corm can grow to a weight of 75 kilograms to 113 kilograms.

sixth) Worrying Status.

Photos carcass flowers wilted

Due to the fewer numbers and reduced habitats, titan arum is categorized as vulnerable in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list.

The main threat is the destruction and loss of their natural habitat. In addition, people who are often disturbed by the smell of this flower is also often cut it just like that.

Until now, the tropical forests of Sumatra as the native habitat of titan arum are under threat of deforestation or deforestation. Many forest land in Sumatra is felled for clearing land for oil palm plantation projects.

It is estimated that about 72 percent of the original rainforest in Indonesia has been cleared and the scale of deforestation continues at an alarming rate. This worrying condition is certainly not something we can simply ignore.

Perhaps among you there is still a wonder, how can the carcass flower have a stinging smell?

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