Timelapse Flowering of Titan arum 19. November 2012. Basel, Switzerland.

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Flower power: Visitors look at the Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, as it blossoms for a second time at the Botanical Garden in Basel, Switzerland. The flower has a 2.27 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. 11.21pm GMT

Timelapse Flowering of Titan arum 19. November 2012