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Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It was first described in 1901 by Édouard André. [1] T. chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia. It is commonly known as the black bat flower due to its shape and coloring. [2] The bat flower has unique pollination method in that it is mostly autonomous self ...
From edible plants to extraordinary conversation starters, these potted plants will add an aesthetic impact to any space and will grow your knowledge of lesser-known varieties. 'People are a ...
The flora consists of many unique varieties of tropical plants. Blessed with a tropical climate and roughly 17,000 islands, Indonesia is the nation with the second highest biodiversity in the world. The flora of Indonesia reflects an intermingling of Asian, Australian and unique, Indonesian lineages. This is due to the geography of Indonesia ...
The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is a flowering plant in the family Araceae.It has a large unbranched inflorescence; a tall single leaf, branched like a tree; and a heavy tuber which enables the plant to produce the inflorescence.
More than 1,300 exotic plants have been reported in Madagascar, with the legumes (Fabaceae) the most frequent family. This represents around 10% relative to the native flora, a ratio lower than in many islands and closer to what is known for continental floras. Many exotic plant species have been introduced for agriculture or other uses.
A single plant with unusual coloration and morphology was found on Kemul, the plant at first was thought to be Nepenthes ephippiata. [citation needed] Nepenthes lowii has an altitudinal distribution of 1650 [4] to 2600 m above sea level. [5] [34] [35] Nepenthes lowii growing amongst ridge-top vegetation on Mount Murud, Sarawak
Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.
Amorphophallus (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the Arum family (), native to Asia, Africa, Australia and various oceanic islands.