Time-lapse Video of Titan Arum Bloom, July 2007

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo created a time-lapse video of the blooming of its titan arum, one of the world's largest flowering plants. The plant, named Cronus by Zoo Horticulture staff, bloomed in the early morning hours of Monday, July 23, 2007 in the Zoo's RainForest. The elapsed time is about 48 hours from July 22 to 24, 2007.

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Film & Animation

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• cleveland
• metroparks
• zoo
• titan
• arum
• corpse
• flower
• horticulture
• plant
• Cronus

[TheLoneJester]

At 2:28 another flower blooms to the right of it.

[zee339]

i was at this very botanical garden. i was thrown out for dumping my cigarette ashes in the flower.

[charlierome]

Really interesting to watch! I'd like to see more rare botany videos

[djvdwolf]

don't know but i think a lot

[5450daniel]

How much is the titan arum worth??????????

[Fosters4Beer]

Thrilla,

The "corpse-like" smell attracts and uses flies for pollination purposes. Flys are the reproductive vector for the corpse flower, the smell attracts them/pollen sticks to there carapace, similar to bees attraction to the bright colors of flowers in most common plants. This is a marvelous adaptation.

[ThrillaDaMcColdKilla]

this thing looks prehistoric.. is it? and whats the point of it smelling? scare animals away?

[raymundojoel]

i live near the berkeley botanical garden and have gone to see the arum bloom twice, with no luck...thanks to the photographer, maybe next time i'll get there at the right moment...