The carcass
The carcass is a giant flower that is very unique because it can produce a foul smell like a carcass. The stench is actually intended to invite the beetles and flies to land and help the process of pollination. These flowers grow high soaring up to reach 4 meters. When blooming, the exterior is creamy white while the crown is a deep purplish red. This flower will only bloom for 7 days until then die or grow back.
Flower carcass flowering in a long span of time, can be about 5 years. The native habitat of this flower is in the forests of Sumatra. It will still have many preserved in other areas such as in Forest Park Ir. Djuanda, Bandung.
Rafflesia Arnoldii
Rafflesia Arnoldii is also a gigantic flower that emits a foul odor when it blooms. Because both the same foul smell, sometimes many people who mistakenly call this flower as a carcass flower.
Rafflesia Arnoldii grows wider to the side and not rising like a carcass. When the flowers bloom, its diameter can reach 1 meter weighing up to 10 kilograms. The period of growing up to bloom is about 9 months. This flower will only bloom for 7 days before then wither and die. Rafflesia Arnoldii flowers live in other plants. Therefore, the habitat is highly dependent on the presence of host plants. Currently this bungai population is shrinking due to the increasingly narrow habitat due to the conversion of forest into agricultural, settlement, or mining areas.
Cendana
Because of the various benefits, it is not
wrong if this tree is very famous in Indonesia. Unfortunately the sandalwood
tree is not a plant that is easy to be cultivated so that it is now a status as
an extinct plant. Early in life, sprouts of sandalwood are parasitic plants
that live in other plants because he is unable to live alone. Therefore, the
sandalwood trees are now starting to decrease the population. The base oil of
sandalwood is also now very expensive because it is rare and difficult to find.
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