Re: Re: "The Private Life of Plants"
John Taylor (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU)
Fri, 4 Aug 1995 10:30:28 +1000
>John Taylor wrote:
>
>> ...Amorphophallus titanum (DA calls it "a very rude-looking plant")
>> which has the world's largest flower (2 metres across, 3 metres high!!)
>
>Strictly speaking, Amorphophallus titanum is not the world's largest
>flower. This plant produces a spadix, upon which grow many tiny flowers
>(in the true sense of the word). By "flowers" I mean the growths which
>contain the reproductive parts of a plant (stamen and pistils).
>
>The largest flower in the world is Rafflesia.
That's what I believed - I guess that makes 2 errors in the review...
(You must admit it is an impressive "flower-like" reproductive structure!)
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