The New York Botanical Garden has had Titan arums bloom several times recently, in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021. Before that, they hadn't had one bloom since the 1930s. The first couple of blooms made a lot of news and I saw & smelled it in 2016 and 2019. It was bad, but I've smelled worse. (Stroll by Newtown Creek on a hot summer day sometime.) Last year's bloom, by the same plant that bloomed in 2016 and 2019, didn't make the press at all. I knew nothing about it until afterwards. I guess we get jaded quickly.
The titan arum shouldnt be called as the biggest flower. First of all the flowers are inside that which explains that it should be the biggest inflorenscence and not biggest flower. If im not mistaken, rafflesia is the biggest flower in the world not titan arum
Sorry nature bites, you are wrong, the spathe (outside part) is a modified leaf and the spadix (inner part) is covered in thousands of small flowers, the largest flower in the world is the Rafflesia Arnoldii
2 massive mistakes here friends, thats not a flower but an inflorescence... and even as an inflorescence it's not the biggest at all. Biggest inflorescence is by far from Corypha umbraculifera, the talipot palm... How can you make so many mistakes
Would love to hear a darwinist explain how something like this could evolve how would that actually work for this plant in so many others of course but they just want you to have faith in their religion I say do what you want you going to live forever either and peace love and harmony in the light or heat pain and anguish in the dark
I saw this plant in bloom in a botanical garden in Copenhagen some years ago, and the smell is honestly so vile 😅 Spectacular sight none the less, but a slightly uncomfortable experience if you have a sensitive nose.
Amorphophallus or VooDoo Lily or Devil's Tongue. I've grown them, but far away from my deck. They're pretty awesome looking and yes, they do reek. You can buy bulbs online but they won't grow as large as the one in the hothouse. It would take years for the bulb to grow large enough for that to happen. If you break the name of the species down is sounds like lovemaking.
I won one of these in an auction… I know the whole house will smell but I really hope I can get it to flower! It went through a dormancy and has been chilling as a leaf for the last six months. It’s from a 2018 seedling, so I’m getting closer to that 7 year mark!
Lmao I was like “oh okay that was sudden but alright” I wasn’t spooked or anything but like “e-e” You’re right though it should’ve been quieter and longer into the video, not 2 seconds from his last words on the video
We call it Bunga Bangkai in Indonesia. It is because of its smell like carcass. We can also find it in Borneo too not only in Sumatra. Thankyou Sir for the amazing documentation. Love it.
Props to the foley artists on this one! So captivating to "listen" to the blooming of such a magnificent flower! Also, appreciate that Sir David mentioned "probably" carion beetles, recognizing how much we still have to learn about these fabulous life forms!
....It went without saying that this flower is possibly mimicking a dead person/animal in order to attract the insects that usually decompose a body, to pollinate, and that's metal af
Do all of you know he is the brother of great Grand old man who was the head of Scientific research in Jurassic park series. Such a great siblings with a distinct talents Their all family is gems of United Kingdom
No, no, young one! His brother is "Roger", the Allied officer in charge of "the Great Escape", movie w/Steve McQueen, David McCallum, James Garner, etc---we are just in different generations! 🥰. (and, yes, of course, an accomplished family..!)
@@christinatweet6580 sorry but as per I searched That jurassic park old man is his brother if I am not wrong May be u are right, I am not exactly clear.
I never saw such a passionate person to sacrifice his whole life for preserving nature to whole of humankind. one of the greatest person i ever saw on earth. Great respect to him from myself. He is the inspiration person to me for preserving nature to our future generations for human survival on planet earth
This isn’t entirely correct. The titan arum isn’t the largest flower. That title belongs to the rafflesia (also called a corpse flower for the same reason). The titan arum is the largest inflorescence, or cluster of flowers. Each of those little yellow bumps is a male flower. Beneath them are the spent female flowers (the female flowers go first so the plants can’t self pollinate). Pollinating captive specimens of these requires a lot of coordination between facilities capable of growing them (they’re tropical jungle plants, so they like it hot and very humid). When two have a plant preparing a bud at the same time, whoever’s plant goes off first tries to ship pollen to the second plant to cross pollinate and make babies. Their fruit cluster is actually quite lovely, too. It’s covered in little red fruits like a jack in the pulpit seed head but more organized, so less horrifying to people with trypophobia The plant also doesn’t have a tuber. Its storage organ is called a corm. It’s basically short, fat stem tissue. Gladiolas and crocuses have corms, too. A tuber is stem tissue but more like a potato.
Please remove the roaring sound of Tiger/lion at the end of every video-"Nature Bites" . It comes unannounced and takes most of the pleasure acquired before. 😫
What the hell.. this is a common plant in kerala.. we use to eat it.. other than the temperature remaining informations like smell and flower are a common knowledge here. അല്ലടോ.. ഇത് നമ്മുടെ ചേന തന്നെ അല്ലേ??...
Who has not grown up with this great man as a kid in 45 and jve watched almost all my life he is possibly one of the greatest human beings that have ever existed love from a massive fan in New Zealand
In india we eat the tuber of this plant...its called kandha in telugu...I had seen this flower in my garden in the midst of these plants...being a vegetarian myself, it smells like rotten something...
That flower is a lot on the island of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, and is the endemic flowers.. and behind my house have been found with a very smelly aroma, but the flower is very beautiful
People ask who would you have narrate your life. Most people is Morgan Freemen and I would 100% agree. But I think I would like Sir David to narrate mine. Cheers!
Why Mr David Attenborough never been to Bangladesh? I wonder 🤔because Bangladesh is called The Land of River with 700 rivers and it’s climate is extraordinary for its position in the earth . Obviously Bangladesh has enormous range of animals, fishes, birds and plants. Global warming is changing many things in Bangladesh. Is it not important to protect these species ? If a high value person like him goes to visit Bangladesh and report about the protection of the nature, it will help to save the wild life and the plants from getting lost for ever . Everyone will do something about the changing and preservation of the vulnerable wild life in Bangladesh.
I love the titles "David found...." "David encountered..." As if these aren't in an obvious greenhouse. Love that tho. Don't need to give me click bait titles I'll click on David's videos no prob
These videos are new, but not filmed in 4K... Or just not uploaded like that? If any kind of videos should have higher resolution then it would be things like this. New nature videos
I have two mother Konjac, they don't het as big as this one. But it does look like a tree for about 3 weeks, and than dies off. Than becomes a stinky flower. Right now the biggest one I have is in tree form.. should flower again after the tree,leaf form dies off. They do smell gross. They are very beautiful though.
