Giant blossom in the botanical garden: titan arum delights with its scent!

Giant blossom in the botanical garden: titan arum delights with its scent!

There is currently a very special sight to enjoy in the Berlin Botanical Garden: The titan arum, known as the largest flower in the world, began to bloom on June 29, 2025. The impressive inflorescence measures an impressive 2.36 meters and is the largest flower of this species ever recorded in the garden. rbb24 reports that ...

The titan arum, botanically asAmorphophallus titanumknown, is a real spectacle. It attracts not only with its size, but also with the intense smell of carrion that it emits during the flowering period. The smell is particularly strong on the first night and ensures that numerous insects are attracted for pollination. After three days the flower begins to wilt again, before the plant often flowers again after several years. The Botanical Garden website reports that...

A rare sight

Although the titan arum only takes three days to bloom, predicting the exact time of flowering is a real challenge: the flower often remains hidden for years. When it finally comes into bloom, it often goes unnoticed, and only the lucky few who are invited get to witness the spectacle firsthand.

In the wild, the titan arum is increasingly in danger because its habitat, the Indonesian rainforest, is shrinking. It is all the more precious that the plant is nurtured and cared for in botanical gardens like the one in Berlin. Here it is given the necessary attention that is necessary for it to bloom. Historically, the titan arum was described in 1878 by the botanist Odoardo Beccari in Sumatra, and since then the cultivation of the plant has required a lot of patience and expertise.

A highlight in the botanical garden

The titan arum is a real highlight in the large tropical house of the botanical garden and attracts numerous visitors. To accommodate the spectacular appearance, the bract surrounding the bulb opens in the afternoon. On the first day of flowering, the intense smell attracts insects, with the bract slowly closing again on the second day. This unique flowering period is always carefully documented by botanists in order to preserve knowledge about this fascinating plant.

Overall, the current flowering of the titan arum impressively shows how important it is to protect nature and preserve rare plant varieties. Just like the titan arum, the Indonesian rainforest should also be counted among our planet's treasures that need to be preserved. Enjoy this unique sight as long as the flowering allows, before the titan arum begins its resting phase again.