Titan arum

Watch it grow - 2006 flowering

Another titan arum flowered on 4 May

This titan arum is an unexpected flowering, coming from a small corm of 'just' 27kg. As a result, the flower itself is relatively small, at just under 2 metres. For a full flowering sequence see some of our previous timelines.

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Overall view
	24 April 2006
	27 April 2006 In three days the spathe has grown about 20cm
	3 May 2006
	4 May 2006 The flower opened the previous evening, and by 9.30am the spadix had already collapsed, possibly due to the exceptionally warm weather, or perhaps the small size of the corm from which this flower arose.

See how they grew in our image galleries

2002 flowerings

2003 flowering

2005 flowerings

First 2006 flowering

Second 2006 flowering

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