Pair of Endangered Corpse Flowers Pollinated and Now Have Hundreds of Seeds
The endangered corpse flower has gained a new family after a pair of the rare plants flowered at the same time earlier this year. According to The Mainichi , this couple produces the world’s largest flower and recently…
The endangered Corpse flower has gained a new family after a pair of the rare plants flowered at the same time earlier this year.
According to The Mainichi, this couple produces the world’s largest flower and recently produced 736 bright red fruits.
If these all germinate properly this month, the Corpse flower’s future will bloom with hundreds of new sprouts.
These plants grow on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and stand nearly nine feet tall and over 1 foot wide.
Due to the plant’s inability to self-pollinate and resistance to artificial pollination, the Corpse flower’s future has been looking grim.
Head researcher Chie Tsutsumi at Tsukuba Botanical Garden in Japan stated, “We don’t know why, whether pollination can’t occur with pollen from this one plant, or whether pollen has a limited shelf life.”
The Tsukuba Botanical Garden