https://polypompholyx.github.io/tag/amorphophallus/Recent content in Amorphophallus on PolypompholyxHugoen-GBExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, Steve CookThu, 25 Jan 2018 13:26:08 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/03/organism-of-the-week-10/Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:41:43 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/03/organism-of-the-week-10/<p>I missed last week, so this week&rsquo;s is a biggun, to make up for my tardiness.</p> <p>Bow down before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum" title="Amorphophallus titanum at Wikipedia">The Shapeless Cock-of-the-Gods</a>:</p> <figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width:225px"><a href="https://polypompholyx.github.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Amorphophallus_titanum_inflorescence.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://polypompholyx.github.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Amorphophallus_titanum_inflorescence-225x300.jpg" alt="Amorphophallus titanum inflorescence [CC-BY-2.0 Alex Lomas]" /></a><figcaption><em>Amorphophallus titanum</em> inflorescence</figcaption></figure> <p>Apparently, when this plant was filmed for <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Titan_arum#p004gx80" title="Titan arum at the BBC"><em>The Private Life of Plants</em></a> in 1995, David Attenborough decided to invent the term &ldquo;titan arum&rdquo; to avoid using the plant&rsquo;s Latin (well, Greek, really) name on prime-time BBC-1:</p>