Why just not on our amazing and unique world!Sometimes you wonder, encountering unusual animals, the inhabitants of the deep sea or plants.They, like people, are trying to adapt to life on land, over the years, evolving and acquiring forms and abilities that allow them to survive.On the planet there are a lot of interesting plants, but would like to distinguish among them and consider in detail the largest flowers in the world.Title of the vast and wide flora Rafflesia Arnoldi deserved.
Champion grows in the tropical forests of Indonesia and the Philippines.It was first discovered in 1818 by English botanist Joseph Arnold and naturalist Stamford Raffles on the island of Sumatra.By the way, in honor of its discoverer flower was named.Rafflesia Arnoldi in the XIX century, the whole world knew, but that does not mean that before that no one had seen this plant.Local residents have long known about it and called the "lotus flower."In nature, there are 16 species of Rafflesia.
biggest flower in the world to reach a diameter of one meter and weigh about 10 kg.This parasitic plant, because it is not able to synthesize the necessary mineral and organic matter.The damaged areas of vines get seeds that germinate and there are parasites, penetrating the fabric.Rafflesia Arnoldi also called "corpse flower" or "corpse lily," and all because of its stench.Brick-red color, and the stench of decomposing flesh attracted flies pollinate the plant.
biggest flower in the world are growing very slowly.While bloom bud will take about 9 months.After maturation of the fruit is produced, which is crushed only by very large animals such as the elephant.Rafflesia Arnoldi consists of five petals that bloom in four days.She does not have leaves, roots or stems, it grows directly from the vine.From one fetus turns out about 3 million seeds.
title "The biggest flower in the world" is not only Rafflesia Arnoldi, but also the tallest plant - Amorphophallus Titanium, still called "snake palm tree", "corpse flower", "lily voodoo."Its inflorescence reaches 3 meters in height.This structure is assembled from a large number of small male and female flowers.Most of the time the plant spends in the sleep state in the form of large tubers weighing 50 kg and up to 50 cm in diameter.In the spring, there is the stem, which develops complex dissected leaves.
Bloomed biggest flower in Stuttgart, its height was 3.3 m. A copy of the English grows in the botanical garden, but it is considered to be the birthplace of Indonesia.Photos of the largest flower is amazing, not to mention, if I can see him live.Yet not every grower agrees to have in their collection a giant because Amorphophallus Titanium not only the highest, but also the most foul-smelling plant in the world.The flower appears only once in three years, and pleased with his presence for three days, then fade, and in its place grows a 6-meter long leaves.
