About the biggest flower

Have you been wondering about what kind of flower more than others in the world? Now this question has the answer! 29 July 2016, the whole world has heard the news that in the Botanical garden Mais "opened up" extremely beautiful and fascinating plant! This was the reason that hundreds of people "flocked" to the Botanical garden, located near the Belgian capital. Our online flower shop in Kiev decided not to stand aside, to cover news about the unique natural phenomenon.

Brussels to enjoy watching the influx of tourists wanting to see the beauty. However, have to hurry: the plant blooms only 72 hours and then die. The administration of the Botanical garden emphasizes that flowering occurs every 7-10 years, therefore, miss this sight is to lose a lot. So that everyone could touch a unique natural phenomenon, the staff of the Botanical garden of Brussels even organized a live broadcast. Thanks to her, everyone can see the whole process or individual part of it.

Why a beautiful flower like this terrible?

And everything turns out well. However, there is one "BUT": a flowering plant Amorphophallus titanum (or Amorphophallus titanum). It is known not only for the breathtaking beauty and with a horrible smell that spreads throughout the County. Because of this, the stench of Amorphophallus titanum was nicknamed "corpse flower". To be around him at the time of flowering is very difficult: Amorphophallus titanum exudes an indescribable mixture of stench, consisting of approximately the following components:

• A putrid smell.

• Rotten fish.

• The rotten eggs.

• Decaying carcass.

When you find yourself near the plant suddenly begins to feel sick. But if you approach it gradually, the receptors get used to the stench seems to be not so harsh and terrible.

What is the history of Amorphophallus titanum from Brussels?

The flower appeared in the Botanical garden Meis back in 2008. It turns out, more than 8 years followed carefully cared for: watered, weeded, fed. And only in 2016, the nerds of hard work has paid off.

The last time the news about the bloom of this unique plant came from Australia. In the winter of 2015 in the Botanical garden in Mount Lofty "showed the beauty of" Amorphophallus titanum, attended in 10 years!

What features of the Amorphophallus titanum? Where he came from?

Amorphophallus titanum was first discovered in 1878 in Indonesia. Scientist Odoardo beccari discovered the amazing properties of plants, recorded data on it in my notebook. For a long time the flower grows only in natural habitats in the forests of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Unfortunately, human activities have almost destroyed the strange plant. Therefore, to protect from extinction a few copies were taken at the Botanic gardens around the world. If you want to make the ordering of flowers in Kiev, it is unlikely to get to deliver it. And all because of the large size: the height of the plant often exceeds 2 meters (more than the height of the man!). Pestle and that will be higher: sometimes it reaches 3-4 meters in length!

The weight flower has a solid: a total of 18 lbs! To move it from one place to another, you will need at least a truck! Flowers delivery Kyiv cope with any stress, but such to us not under force.

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