Amorphophallus titanum
Alun Salt
If you were at Kew Gardens this week, you would have had the chance to see, and smell, the Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the Corpse Flower. Some people say that it’s the biggest flower in the world. They’re wrong, that would be Rafflesia tuan-mudae, but it does have the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, which means that it’s not an unreasonable mistake to make. But there’s a lot more to the Titan Arum than its size.
Amorphophallus titanum is endemic to Sumatra,..