Titan Arum
- Subject: Titan Arum
- From: B* P*
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 10:48:49 -0500
- Importance: Normal
A "perennial" (?) - anyway, an interesting plant that is now blooming at The
University of Wisconsin-Madison and which is getting hundreds of visitors
daily. Here is a blurb from the website from the university with links to
information and to a live-cam of the flower itself.
Corpse flower begins bloom
(posted 06/07/01)
The university "corpse flower," the rare plant native to Sumatra that is
attracting thousands of visitors to a campus greenhouse, is beginning to
blossom.
The blossoming is clearly visible to visitors, as shown on a live Web cam
trained on the plant.
The greenhouse will be open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday through Sunday, June
8-10.
Also to better accommodate visitors, the entrance has been changed. The only
entrance to the greenhouse will be through the garage at the rear of Birge
Hall at the southeast corner of the building. Visitors will then be able to
exit through the building after seeing the flower.
The titan arum or "corpse flower" is noted for a malodorous stench given off
by blooms that can have a diameter of as much as four feet. The nascent
bloom at UW-Madison, exceedingly rare among cultivated titan arum plants, is
the first in Wisconsin and may be only the 12th recorded U.S. bloom.
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