[Aroid-l] Re: Rafflesia flower size

> largest single flower - Rafflesia arnoldii
> largest unbranched inflorescence - Amorphophallus titantum
> largest branched inflorescence - Corypha umbraculifera
> (talipot palm)
> 
If the talipot palm has the largest branched inflorescence,
that must be truly immense; because many's the time I've
seen Agave spp. in bloom, with an inflorescence the size of
a small tree -- that's bigger than the parent plant!  The
dead Agave inflorescences, after they fall over, really
could be mistaken for logs or fallen trees.

Jason Hernandez
Naturalist-at-Large
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