We're in the middle of a biological event! The Corpse Flower has bloomed in Auckland 🙂 Not that it does this rarely, but the last time it bloomed was in 2013. On the outside, this «flower» over three meters tall. I didn't get to the fragrant blooming period, so I can't tell you anything about the smell, but people who went to smell it say it doesn't stink much. Also in the post threw flower photos made in June-July this year (we have such a winter in the southern hemisphere). Since I don't know what all of them are called, the captions will just be numbers.

Here it is The Corpse flower / Amorphophallus titanum
Three meters long thing

001 - the flyspeckers are thriving here.

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027 - infernarium

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034 - this is how the vines bloom

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039 - and this is aloe blooming

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043 - it's a trap for some mega-dangerous gypsy moths. о_О