Giant blossom in the botanical garden: Titan root thrilled with fragrance!

Giant blossom in the botanical garden: Titan root thrilled with fragrance!

In the botanical garden Berlin there is currently a very special sight to enjoy: the titan root, known as the largest flower in the world, began to bloom on June 29, 2025. The impressive inflorescence has measured impressive 2.36 meters and represents the largest flowering of this kind in the garden.

The titanic root, botanical known as amorphophallus Titanum , is a real spectacle. It not only attracts with its size, but also with the intensive smell of aa, which it makes of herself during the flowering period. Especially on the first night, the smell is very strong and ensures that numerous insects are attracted to pollination. After three days, the flower begins to wither again before the plant often blooms again after several years. The website of the botanical garden reports that ...

a rare sight

The flowering of the titan root only lasts three days, but the precise prediction of the flowering time is a real outline: often the flower remains hidden over the years. If it finally comes to bloom, this often happens unnoticed, and only the few happy ones who are invited can experience the spectacle directly.

In the great outdoors, the root of the titan is increasingly in danger, because its habitat, the Indonesian rainforest, shrinks. It is all the more precious that the plant in botanic gardens, such as that in Berlin, is cherished and cared for. Here you get the necessary attention necessary for a flower. Historically, the titan root was described by the botanist Odoardo Beccari in Sumatra in 1878, and since then the cultivation of the plant has required a lot of patience and specialist knowledge.

a highlight in the botanical garden

The titana root is a real highlight in the large tropical house of the botanical garden and attracts numerous visitors. In order to do justice to the spectacular appearance, the hem that surrounds the piston opens in the afternoon. On the first day of flowering, the intensive smell attracts the insects, with the wedding slowly closing again on the second day. This unique flow of flowers is always documented by botanics in order to preserve the knowledge of this fascinating plant.

Overall, the current flower of the titan root impressively shows how important the protection of nature and the preservation of rare plants are. Just like the titan root, the Indonesian rainforest should also count among the treasures of our planet that needs to be preserved. Enjoy this unique sight as long as it allows flower before the titana root has long since started your resting phase.