Corpse Flower Pollination. 1 day agoWhen a corpse flower was first displayed at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in the late 19th century at least one Victorian woman was said to have swooned when she got a whiff of the bloom. After pollination fruits are produced.
Amorphophallus titanum the titan arum is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. There is a ring of female flowers which open first in order to prevent self-pollination. Giant corpse flowers rely on carrion beetles and flies to pollinate them.
When the plant blooms the spathe the petal-like outer covering opens to reveal a velvety maroon interior and begins to emit a foul stench.
These chemicals include sulfides isovaleric acid methyl thioacetate and trimethylamine. We now offer corpse flower seedlings in 325. The talipot palm Corypha umbraculifera has a larger inflorescence but it is branched rather than unbranched. They are eaten by birds and dispersed throughout the wild.