Cairns Botanic Gardens

Titan arum, or corpse flower, in bloom in Cairns Flower releasing smell "like road-kill" at Botanic Gardens Will not bloom again for between two and 10 years A GIANT phallic flower that smells like road-kill is in full bloom in the cairns botanic gardens. The rare sight of a titan arum, or corpse flower, is a prized spectacle for rainforest plant lovers. Yesterday the flower unfurled to reveal its 3m-high crimson pink glory - and unleash the pungent odour - in a vision that often lasts only a day. The stench from the blooming Corpse Flower, or Amorphophallus titanum, at the cairns botanic gardens in far north Queensland has been met with enthusiasm from gardening circles. Native to the rainforests of Sumatra, the rare plant has only opened twice in Cr Wilkinson said the vine found its way here several years ago after the head botanist at the time, Jim Randall, brought it from the cairns botanic gardens, where it is believed to be growing. But the incredibly rare spectacle of a titan arum, or corpse flower, in full bloom in the Cairns Botanic Gardens has the world's flower lovers abuzz. Yesterday the giant flower unfurled to reveal its full glory - and unleash the pungent odour - in a vision Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre and HP Tree House were jointly awarded top honours at the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2012 Far North Queensland Regional Architecture Awards over the weekend. House of the Year: HP Tree House by MMP Achitects. .

A site for any time of day, the Cairns Esplanade running alongside the city’s Or if you prefer to steer clear of anything that moves, pay a visit to the Botanical Gardens. Pick from a selection of spaces, from the bamboo collection to the picturesque Tropical trees dominate the landscape at the Cairns Botanic Gardens - from the mighty Teak Tree, Tectonia grandis, to some of the most primitive species of flowering plants surviving on earth, such as Idiospermum austrlaliense. One of the pleasures of visiting the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is of plants in John Warland’s World Vision Garden (IN44) and the industrial metals that make a pavilion and stage in Jeni Cairns’s teenage-friendly A Space to Connect & Grow .

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