The issue opened today in Berlin with its process and gives off a "strong odor" that carateriza, measuring 2.5 meters and weighs about 75 kg.
Botanical Garden in Berlin Courtesy
BERLIN (DPA) .- A copy of the world's largest flower petals began to open today in the Botanical Gardens of Berlin, confirmed a spokeswoman for the institution .
The cup of the "Amorphophallus titanum" (literally: amorphous titanic phallus) is separated from an inch at noon, said Gesche Hohlstein.
The special show, which happens once every several years and was imposed for 2009 can be followed live through Site
botanical garden Along with the flowering, he added Hohlstein, strange fire also began to copy the "strong smell" that characterizes it: a kind of stench of rotting flesh.
With an average height of 2.50 meters, one meter in diameter and weighing 75 kilograms, the "titanum" these days has become a global media star when another specimen flowered in the Botanical Garden Basel, Switzerland for the first time since its germination for 17 years.
Besides its size, its yellow and its phallic shape, this tropical plant known for its foul smell, also known as "corpse plant" - attracts flies with bodies seeking to lay their eggs.
The world's largest flower is also bad gift between lovers because of its odd cycle: about 40 years blooms usually live only three or four times, and when it does, the flower lives only three days.
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