Corpse Flower - Adelaide Oct 2018

''Amorphophallus titanum'', also known as the titan arum, is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The titan arum's inflorescence is not as large as that of the talipot palm, ''Corypha umbraculifera'', but the inflorescence of the talipot palm is branched rather than unbranched.

Due to its odor, which is like the smell of a rotting corpse or carcass, the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower, and is also known as the ''corpse flower'' or ''corpse.. more