NOUN
- malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
How To Use titan arum In A Sentence
- The Titan Arum was discovered in 1878 in its sole indigenous habitat, the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and grows in cultivation in only a handful of places around the world.
- The flower, called a titan arums or “corpse flower,” apparently has a terrible smell - hence the name? Links by the bushel!
- It's a Titan arum (amorphophallus titanium), and its flowering is one of the rarest events in botany.
- An excellent carnivorous plant room, a rather nice pond, and the magnificent titan arum - which was still looking pretty impressive when we were there (having flowered only a day or two earlier).
- Though most plants are more or less at the mercy of the environment, a few such as the titan arum are able to generate heat.
- Many endangered species of plants, reptiles, mammals and birds live in these jungles, including the rhinoceros hornbill - a bird vital to the survival of the titan arums because it is very proficient at spreading the flower's seeds.
