The flowering of “Penis Titan” began! A new flowering of this plant, Amorphophallus titanum With his scientific name and his “Titan penis” of his nickname, he is underway in the Jean-Marie Pelt Botanical Garden, in Villers-Lès-Nancy, in Meurthe-Et-Poselle. It is its second hatching in two years, a phenomenon that is considered extremely rare. In general, this species only blooms every 7 to 10 years. This plant was nicknamed “Tintin”.
“French registration for Tintin, which is already the largest Arum Titan seen in France, with a height of 2.09 m!”, The garden in its social networks on Tuesday.
“It is already the largest Arum seen in France, with a height of 2.09my will still grow to bloom,” said the garden. A figure reviewed in 2M16, this Thursday, according to the data published by the Botanical Garden in its place.
A threatened species
Now that the flower has opened, emits a pestilencial smell that wins the nickname of “Flower Corpse”. This smell is explained by its reproduction mechanism. To guarantee their descendants, it transmits rotten meat insinuates in decomposition to attract pollinating insects.
This species, originally from the tropical forests of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, is threatened with extinction according to the International Union for Conservation and Nature. The latter deplores that “its population in the wild descent”, in particular, because its rare flowers mechanically lead to rare reproductions. “In addition, the myth that Titan Arum is a predator for humans leads to the destruction of the species,” deplores scientists.
Source: BFM TV
