The most smelly flower in the world, bloom

July 19,

In the greenhouse of the Beijing National Botanical Garden (North Park) exhibition,

A giant tomb is blooming,

Just next to it,

Another giant tombot has also been budding.

This is the second giant tombot that the National Botanical Garden has blossomed recently.

The blooming giant tombot

And the first giant tombot that blossomed on July 6th,

And the forthcoming third giant tombot,

Formed the world's first manual cultivation state

The giant tomb group blooms.

Giant Koba is a plant of the Konjar family,

Produced in

Sumatra, Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia,

It is one of the three flagships of the world's rare endangered plant,

It is also the most stinky flower in the world.

As the largest plant in the world,

Giant Mogotia blooms very difficult,

Only 3-4 flowers in your life,

No more than 2 days of flowering each time,

The number of artificial cultivation around the world is only more than 100 times.

First of all, the statement is not eaten.

The reason why it is legendary into a "food flower",

Mainly because of its biological characteristics.

It is tall,

Having the world's largest spike inflorescence,

The highest inflorescence is now known as more than 3 meters.

Around the ears of the meat,

Purple -red Buddha flames are like an inverted chimney,

Protect the inflorescence in the center.

The blooming giant canato flower order is 1.66 meters high,

Due to its huge flowers,

Very consuming nutrients,

So their flowering period is only about 48 hours.

When blooming,

Giant Koba will release yourself

Synthetic gas containing more than one hundred chemicals,

The main ingredients are hydrocarbons and sulfide,

Due to the complicated gas components,

When blooming, it will emit a smell of carrion from time to time.

At the same time, huge buds of flames

It becomes a dark purple simulation with blood rotten.

Giant Mogota will heat up when blooming,

The temperature of the subsidiary at the top of the inflorescence can reach 40 ° C,

It is the only plant in nature to produce heat convection.

Whether it is odor or temperature,

They are simulating animals that have just died,

All this is to attract insects to spread powder for it.

Flowers in the Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden in 2022. Photo by Wu Fuchuan

Source: Science and Technology Daily Comprehensive National Botanical Garden and CCTV News (pictures in the text are from the National Botanical Garden)

Edit: Liu Yuhong

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