I won one of these in an auction… I know the whole house will smell but I really hope I can get it to flower! It went through a dormancy and has been chilling as a leaf for the last six months. It’s from a 2018 seedling, so I’m getting closer to that 7 year mark!
@CeresEros2 жыл бұрын
Update me please! As soon as it blooms just reply to this comment and post a video if it doesn’t inconvenience you!
@SpeedyWings23232 жыл бұрын
We need updates!
@meisteremm2 жыл бұрын
Just make sure to tell the neighbors so that they don't start calling in Welfare Checks if they don't see you after a while.
@RealLordVoldemort2 жыл бұрын
I would like to see this.
@MaxKnight0072 жыл бұрын
now that someone who live their life their way....
@cjr212 жыл бұрын
His narration will live on forever I swear. It’s so captivating
@RachaelWard2 жыл бұрын
1:58 - I love how the time lapse makes it look like all the other plants are bowing to it.
@KshipsinKchups2 жыл бұрын
It's a Ritual they are summoning it
@ahtaimo2 жыл бұрын
A couple of the fan palms looked like they were leaning back, aghast at the smell!
@4TwentyFour202 жыл бұрын
plants go through sleep cycles like humans when the leaves sag the plant is sleeping and transfering auxins
@daudbaigsapien10412 жыл бұрын
Photography was second to none
@MrARock0012 жыл бұрын
Props to the foley artists on this one! So captivating to "listen" to the blooming of such a magnificent flower! Also, appreciate that Sir David mentioned "probably" carion beetles, recognizing how much we still have to learn about these fabulous life forms!
@BirdBath12 жыл бұрын
Adam
@BirdBath12 жыл бұрын
@@___meph___4547 look at my birds
@axelvetter2 жыл бұрын
@@___meph___4547 The sound reminded me of a large rocket like a Falcon 9 taking off from the launch pad and made me smile. :-)
@tharunkumarthalam61462 жыл бұрын
I never saw such a passionate person to sacrifice his whole life for preserving nature to whole of humankind. one of the greatest person i ever saw on earth. Great respect to him from myself. He is the inspiration person to me for preserving nature to our future generations for human survival on planet earth
@Lumimyrsky2 жыл бұрын
I saw this plant in bloom in a botanical garden in Copenhagen some years ago, and the smell is honestly so vile 😅 Spectacular sight none the less, but a slightly uncomfortable experience if you have a sensitive nose.
@getin39492 жыл бұрын
Amorphophallus or VooDoo Lily or Devil's Tongue. I've grown them, but far away from my deck. They're pretty awesome looking and yes, they do reek. You can buy bulbs online but they won't grow as large as the one in the hothouse. It would take years for the bulb to grow large enough for that to happen. If you break the name of the species down is sounds like lovemaking.
@Vugen182 жыл бұрын
"uncomfortable" or "memorable" i wonder
@MerlinOpeth2 жыл бұрын
Awesome what does it smell like?
@Lumimyrsky2 жыл бұрын
@@MerlinOpeth Rotting meat. It's very very uncomfortable 😆
@MerlinOpeth2 жыл бұрын
@@Lumimyrsky lol thanks .
@TheBinoyVudi2 жыл бұрын
When he speaks it's like listening to your dad or your grandpa that you love
@BirdBath12 жыл бұрын
Binoy
@peelzboyplays60892 жыл бұрын
Props to the camera man for standing there for 2 months! 🎥🚶
@SydsCozieCorner2 жыл бұрын
😂
@aprilfirstmoon8772 жыл бұрын
We call it Bunga Bangkai in Indonesia. It is because of its smell like carcass. We can also find it in Borneo too not only in Sumatra. Thankyou Sir for the amazing documentation. Love it.
@muhammadfadli15352 жыл бұрын
Ini sy lagi nunggu mekarnya juga dihutan desa, g sabar pengen cium aromanya😆
@aprilFirstMoon perkembangannya sy upload di fb, sebelumnya nemu raflesia juga ug mekar sempurna
@hazambingcola94142 жыл бұрын
That's a lot in the Philippines too.
@abhijeetsinghchauhan38672 жыл бұрын
You are a great man sir, you provide a distinct sight of nature and living beings which a normal person can't look ....
@abhijeetsinghchauhan38672 жыл бұрын
Do all of you know he is the brother of great Grand old man who was the head of Scientific research in Jurassic park series. Such a great siblings with a distinct talents Their all family is gems of United Kingdom
@christinatweet65802 жыл бұрын
No, no, young one! His brother is "Roger", the Allied officer in charge of "the Great Escape", movie w/Steve McQueen, David McCallum, James Garner, etc---we are just in different generations! 🥰. (and, yes, of course, an accomplished family..!)
@abhijeetsinghchauhan38672 жыл бұрын
@@christinatweet6580 sorry but as per I searched That jurassic park old man is his brother if I am not wrong May be u are right, I am not exactly clear.
@edwardfletcher77902 жыл бұрын
Why is this video cut off ?? In mid-sentence while David is explaining the pollination process it ends !!
@shreyasino2 жыл бұрын
Love all the episodes with David Attenborough
@enricotoesca39412 жыл бұрын
Me too
@Tonatiuth2 жыл бұрын
I love the ASMR sounds these plants do when they grow
@shannonwaipouri17302 жыл бұрын
Who has not grown up with this great man as a kid in 45 and jve watched almost all my life he is possibly one of the greatest human beings that have ever existed love from a massive fan in New Zealand
@vismivijayan63612 жыл бұрын
The people who filmed this using all sort of advanced tech...hats off to you,👍👍👍👍👍
@philipwest45532 жыл бұрын
Amazing plant, terrible noise at the very end. Stop ending your videos with it.
@Lumcoin2 жыл бұрын
jup
@didjeridu1002 жыл бұрын
Could be the sound of the flower burping...
@da-king33142 жыл бұрын
😅
@Kat-mu8wq2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it's an elephant
@Cr4Ck212 жыл бұрын
Can’t have nature bites without a lion sound
@Vugen182 жыл бұрын
Timelaps of nature is always so entrancing to watch
@user-dk5vj2br1o2 жыл бұрын
I just luv him!i still can't believe at his age hes still sharp n amazing!the world will miss him when his day comes!hope hes just living to his happiest every day!what a gorgeous flower!
@meisteremm2 жыл бұрын
He has been spending his days out in the field working everywhere from the tropics to harsh deserts to the arctic. It takes a lot of stamina to do that, so I imagine his body is conditioned towards longevity. Hell of a man.
@user-dk5vj2br1o2 жыл бұрын
@@meisteremm ya ik!hes awesome!
@meisteremm2 жыл бұрын
@@user-dk5vj2br1o May he live to be one hundred, as long as his quality of life is good.
@user-dk5vj2br1o2 жыл бұрын
@@meisteremm so crazy u say that i honestly was thinkin bein an nurse with more experience with all ages but mosty elderly n dementia alzheimers n ive had a pt no head issues live to 103 so i wonder if hed be(depending)..ito live to over 100..i could see maybe 101...i just wish our world had more carin luvin ppl like him...we wouldn't be rushin around to get a glimpse of certain critters or things worryin if next generation will have a chance to see without bein a pic..so much already endangered n ready to be extinct..very sad!😪
@BirdBath12 жыл бұрын
Natalya
@NaturalBiotopes2 жыл бұрын
An amazing plant. The film impressed.
@7XHARDER2 жыл бұрын
Made my day at work better, now I know somewhere out there, I just gotta look closely and nature shall amaze me.
@jceeross67632 жыл бұрын
My love of plants grows by each of these wonderful videos
@CatherineC.21232 жыл бұрын
Gosh, these videos end suddenly.
@djtaz1122 жыл бұрын
I was invested...then it ends. I need to know more! 😀
@pizzagroom62212 жыл бұрын
....It went without saying that this flower is possibly mimicking a dead person/animal in order to attract the insects that usually decompose a body, to pollinate, and that's metal af
@kathleenaustin3272 жыл бұрын
Nature is always amazing!! So much beauty!! Thank you David for All you do to educate us!!!
@kimjairusmendoza75262 жыл бұрын
In the Philippines, we called it Pungapong, and it smells good whenever I have mucus.
@ronmcmartin45132 жыл бұрын
@2:10-"The giant flower opens" ...And humans wished it hadn't. 😁
@notsunil2 жыл бұрын
Could do without that bizarre jump scare at the end. It's completely unpleasant to hear an animal noise cut right into a video so soothing.
@AfraidMonsters2 жыл бұрын
Lmao I was like “oh okay that was sudden but alright” I wasn’t spooked or anything but like “e-e” You’re right though it should’ve been quieter and longer into the video, not 2 seconds from his last words on the video
@you2angel12 жыл бұрын
You know it's so fun to watch these videos because I live in Wyoming and a lot grows here but not like What is shown on these premiers. I'm a military brat I moved around a lot and I lived a lot down South when I was a kid when let's just say Mr. Lotta the fauna when I moved up here but got to appreciate the beauty of the high Alpine tundra that is Wyoming °~•.♡.•~° I'd just like to say thank you for showing me some plant life I once got to enjoy when I was little.
@sohailshad32982 жыл бұрын
Subhan Allah
@mymunasultana42592 жыл бұрын
Your voice always make me feel for nature..💚
@ExcelsiorElectric2 жыл бұрын
I love the sound effects.
@angelabalog4472 жыл бұрын
😲Woow! Neverovatno 🤩 lmpresivno...
@BirdBath12 жыл бұрын
Angela
@gloriacardenas20566 ай бұрын
Qué gigante pero muy hermoso me gusta mucho.
@franssn54042 жыл бұрын
That flower is a lot on the island of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, and is the endemic flowers.. and behind my house have been found with a very smelly aroma, but the flower is very beautiful
@JohnDrummondPhoto2 жыл бұрын
The New York Botanical Garden has had Titan arums bloom several times recently, in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2021. Before that, they hadn't had one bloom since the 1930s. The first couple of blooms made a lot of news and I saw & smelled it in 2016 and 2019. It was bad, but I've smelled worse. (Stroll by Newtown Creek on a hot summer day sometime.) Last year's bloom, by the same plant that bloomed in 2016 and 2019, didn't make the press at all. I knew nothing about it until afterwards. I guess we get jaded quickly.
@0lemus0lent052 жыл бұрын
I guess the plant got lonely
@shahad_alsayed Жыл бұрын
Wonderful documentary Sir David 👍
@fleurdepapaye96352 жыл бұрын
Love from Sumatra, the island where he saw it for the first time in life.
@teegrachichi4732 жыл бұрын
David Attenborough, the plants 🪴 you show us ufff...
@minhazislam1042 жыл бұрын
It has been cultivated in our garden for a long time. A few years ago such a flower was in bloom.
@I_love_Kpop247 Жыл бұрын
thanks bro nice information
@enricotoesca39412 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😍
@MissMellieGirl2 жыл бұрын
A big, hot, rotting flesh smelling flower? How crazy is that?!
@BirdBath12 жыл бұрын
Melissa
@bubbaclark43552 жыл бұрын
Amazing I love time lapse
@davidarundel61872 жыл бұрын
Seen 2 , and smelt them , in the Wellington Botanical Gardens , "lady Norwood" Glass house and Rose Gardens . Despite it's aroma , it's a beautiful flower to behold .
@evilsharkey89542 жыл бұрын
This isn’t entirely correct. The titan arum isn’t the largest flower. That title belongs to the rafflesia (also called a corpse flower for the same reason). The titan arum is the largest inflorescence, or cluster of flowers. Each of those little yellow bumps is a male flower. Beneath them are the spent female flowers (the female flowers go first so the plants can’t self pollinate). Pollinating captive specimens of these requires a lot of coordination between facilities capable of growing them (they’re tropical jungle plants, so they like it hot and very humid). When two have a plant preparing a bud at the same time, whoever’s plant goes off first tries to ship pollen to the second plant to cross pollinate and make babies. Their fruit cluster is actually quite lovely, too. It’s covered in little red fruits like a jack in the pulpit seed head but more organized, so less horrifying to people with trypophobia The plant also doesn’t have a tuber. Its storage organ is called a corm. It’s basically short, fat stem tissue. Gladiolas and crocuses have corms, too. A tuber is stem tissue but more like a potato.
@growmiezhomiez87602 жыл бұрын
$hit$ crazy man. Just a bug old Bud coming right out of the ground what a trip!
@CrazyBrick302 жыл бұрын
What an absurdly disruptive noise to follow a voice as soothing as David Attenborough's. At least don't make it so loud.
@WilhelmvonFahrvergnugen2 жыл бұрын
2:14 Surely the most astonishing sound ever made by a member of plantae.
@dogsareawesome91972 жыл бұрын
I never knew these were all once massive leaves. Thats insanely cool!
@muhammadfadli15352 жыл бұрын
Now I'm waiting to this titan arum blooming in my village 😊
@prescyesmama49673 ай бұрын
We have a lot of this plant in our mountain in the Phil.but flowers rear to bloom.
@sanzdts44302 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@boahnation99322 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awe-some
@clairejohnson65062 жыл бұрын
This has been on TV many times on his programmes.
@earnmyturns63052 жыл бұрын
What is the biochemical mechanism of heat production?
@evapereira30932 жыл бұрын
How awesome!
@beldendemecilio82192 жыл бұрын
Solid and Awesome.
@asmillingchihuahua98582 жыл бұрын
Shout out to the cameraman filming for 2 months straight
@PhantomFilmAustralia2 жыл бұрын
Was having "Little Shop of Horrors" vibes watching this.
@bobhensem34252 жыл бұрын
This plant native to my country,the stalk were edible,taste like a tapioca or sweet potato,we called this plant lekir
@jorgezaldivar31132 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that there are plants that generate heat!!!
@Face_Meat2 жыл бұрын
The sound engineer really needs to take a long vacation.
@lynnelisabet68072 жыл бұрын
Once in awhile i skip my job just to go to Bogor Botanical Garden to watch this flower bloom 🤭
@abbymorel49252 жыл бұрын
Isn't that Mr. Wilson's plant in the 1st "Dennis the Menace" movie?
@user-iq5xw2xh4z2 жыл бұрын
The roar at the end of these videos is like a bloody jump scare. Who thought that was a good idea?
@rbxtuber4932 жыл бұрын
I love nature even though I am only 9 years old
@kondjedes48662 жыл бұрын
Did they film the Amorphophallus decus-silvae too? Its even more beautiful and more rare
@markyadao69772 жыл бұрын
come visit us here in Philippines when its rainy season u can see that plant here everywhere in the jungle .. that's smell horrible
@truebostonian78152 жыл бұрын
People ask who would you have narrate your life. Most people is Morgan Freemen and I would 100% agree. But I think I would like Sir David to narrate mine. Cheers!
@harshjain27282 жыл бұрын
4:30 What's that scary whoaaaaaa
@sporefergieboy102 жыл бұрын
3:24 When my mom says the sketti’s ready
@CAJAGISAN2 жыл бұрын
the logo with loud roar at the end of the video is annoying AF ! but content is amazing! mother nature is a true miracle..
@theotv55222 жыл бұрын
Heat signature David Attenborough doesn’t exist. It can’t hurt you. Heat signature David Attenborough: 3:04
@kriszzillaYT2 жыл бұрын
Correction, the biggest/largest flower is rafflesia arnoldi. The enormous flower featured is titan arum. Despite its size, it consist of a cluster of many tiny flowers. It should be mentioned in the video sir.
@narendrakumar48682 жыл бұрын
This looks similar to elephant foot yam, whose tuber is edible and very healthy for the body!!!
@conchitinabernardo43702 жыл бұрын
Oh how perfectly beautiful ! Gives glory to the Creator! Magnificent !’
@suranirani24292 жыл бұрын
Saya juga punya bunga jenis ini,banyak tumbuh di kebunku
@blob234552 жыл бұрын
Nice
@LarryPeteet2 жыл бұрын
Must have a pretty good root system
@snapsaz6067 Жыл бұрын
This man how i like how he's speaking....
@patonapitopulu22452 жыл бұрын
I just love his voice , i feel like wacthing ducumentary movie 🤩
@indodaengaziwa62742 жыл бұрын
Powerful smell and the heat 😁
@kristynsmith52442 жыл бұрын
I have two mother Konjac, they don't het as big as this one. But it does look like a tree for about 3 weeks, and than dies off. Than becomes a stinky flower. Right now the biggest one I have is in tree form.. should flower again after the tree,leaf form dies off. They do smell gross. They are very beautiful though.
@atlier40532 жыл бұрын
no wonder i can't find this flower in Bogor Botanical Garden.
@charlieraven63422 жыл бұрын
I love the titles "David found...." "David encountered..." As if these aren't in an obvious greenhouse. Love that tho. Don't need to give me click bait titles I'll click on David's videos no prob
@julieprior31262 жыл бұрын
Blimey!
@MM-lr5hv2 жыл бұрын
Why Mr David Attenborough never been to Bangladesh? I wonder 🤔because Bangladesh is called The Land of River with 700 rivers and it’s climate is extraordinary for its position in the earth . Obviously Bangladesh has enormous range of animals, fishes, birds and plants. Global warming is changing many things in Bangladesh. Is it not important to protect these species ? If a high value person like him goes to visit Bangladesh and report about the protection of the nature, it will help to save the wild life and the plants from getting lost for ever . Everyone will do something about the changing and preservation of the vulnerable wild life in Bangladesh.
@antialias2 жыл бұрын
A. titanum does not produce the "largest flower in the world" - that would be the Rafflesia arnoldii (with notable exceptions from Rafflesia kerrii) (which coincidentally also smells like a corpse and is native to Sumatra) It's not even the largest inflorescence in the world - that would be the corypha umbraculifera, the "talipot palm". A. titanum holds the rather specific designation of "largest unbranched inflorescence". Well they did mention the flowers in this video, but called them "hundreds of smaller structures" at 3:57 :(
@antialias2 жыл бұрын
This video gives a nice close-up look at both the male-bearing and female-bearing flowers (and features botanically-correct narration): kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZqacnSFnLOMbdk
@Matsonius2 жыл бұрын
These titles make it seem that David is constantly running around finding new plants and species
@Lo7q7le7guste7mrtf2 жыл бұрын
This is me in the morning 🤣
@raguvarang52452 жыл бұрын
Here in India ,it is grown as food crop for its tuber and it tastes awesome, texture like chicken
@galinalp31132 жыл бұрын
Hi,do you know someone who sell seeds or small bulbs titan and gigas pls.Ty
@raguvarang52452 жыл бұрын
@@galinalp3113 this is usually available in small tubers for sowing , i know how sell this tuber . Where are you from ?
@galinalp31132 жыл бұрын
@@raguvarang5245 from Greece . I ve received till now few bulbs and seeds from India with success P.S. no amorphophallus - 2 tacca bulbs and another seeds
@raguvarang52452 жыл бұрын
@@galinalp3113 how can i contact you?
@galinalp31132 жыл бұрын
I have konjac, sauromatum-no indian giant(normal venosum) , paenoiifolius and dracunculus vulgaris.I need now amorphophallus gigas and titan
@adripiom24442 жыл бұрын
Di pulau borneo indonesia tanaman ini raflesia/ mayou/ porang hutan.
@khatoonsalma49422 жыл бұрын
Wow what a magical plant 🇵🇰🎄
@pamelaban152 жыл бұрын
We have it growing around our house naturally we did not plant it. I will wait for the flower to bloom. I live west of Indonesia
@motar Жыл бұрын
جميل 🌹🌹🌹
@anarchyindonesia34342 жыл бұрын
Welcome To Sumatra
@fadcullen2 жыл бұрын
We call it Buti in south Borneo,,,,
@Mikeisonfireable2 жыл бұрын
Oh that old man is sick!
@DDryTaste2 жыл бұрын
Well, it's not really a single flower. It's a inflorescence with a lot of tiny flowers inside of it.