{"id":37255,"date":"2024-06-18T14:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/538cdd5a-a7ff-413a-bb3a-beeef37b4a99"},"modified":"2024-06-18T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:31:20","slug":"two-of-the-worlds-smelliest-plants-flower-at-kew-gardens-at-the-same-time","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/two-of-the-worlds-smelliest-plants-flower-at-kew-gardens-at-the-same-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Two of the world’s smelliest plants flower at Kew Gardens at the same time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two remarkable and rare plants, that are also incredibly smelly, are flowering at the same time at Kew Gardens <\/p>

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Published: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 at 12:11 PM<\/p>

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Two rare, and very smelly<\/a> plants are in flower at Kew Gardens from today, with Aristolochia goldieana<\/em> and the Titan arum both blooming. <\/p>

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Each plant takes several years to produce flowers and is very rare. Both have distinct smells<\/a>. The Titan arum, or (Amorphophallus titanium<\/em>) is nicknamed the corpse flower, as its odour is of rotting flesh, which is designed to attract pollinators<\/a> such as flies. The arum can take up to 12 years to flower, although this plant, currently in the Princess of Wales conservatory at Kew, last flowered in September 2021. <\/p>
Aristolochia goldieana \u00a9 RGB Kew<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Native to Tropical West Africa, Aristolochia goldieana<\/em> has only flowered three times in the UK, once at the Princess of Wales Conservatory at Kew<\/a> in the 1990s and once in the Palm House at Kew in 2023. The species was first described in 1865 and its foliage smells bitter and of chemicals while the flowers smell like a rubbish heap in summer. The climber grows a couple of feet each year, and is now about four metres tall.<\/p>
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