Has David Attenborough Found a RECORD BREAKING Plant?! | Nature Bites

[@PeckmasterK]

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!

[@CeresEros]

Update me please! As soon as it blooms just reply to this comment and post a video if it doesn’t inconvenience you!

[@SpeedyWings2323]

We need updates!

[@meisteremm]

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.

[@RealLordVoldemort]

I would like to see this.

[@MaxKnight007]

now that someone who live their life their way....

[@cjr21]

His narration will live on forever I swear. It’s so captivating

[@RachaelWard]

1:58 - I love how the time lapse makes it look like all the other plants are bowing to it.

[@KshipsinKchups]

It's a Ritual they are summoning it

[@ahtaimo]

A couple of the fan palms looked like they were leaning back, aghast at the smell!

[@4TwentyFour20]

plants go through sleep cycles like humans when the leaves sag the plant is sleeping and transfering auxins

[@daudbaigsapien1041]

Photography was second to none

[@MrARock001]

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!

[@BirdBath1]

Adam

[@BirdBath1]

@@___meph___4547 look at my birds

[@axelvetter]

@@___meph___4547 The sound reminded me of a large rocket like a Falcon 9 taking off from the launch pad and made me smile. :-)

[@tharunkumarthalam6146]

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

[@Lumimyrsky]

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.

[@getin3949]

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.

[@Vugen18]

"uncomfortable" or "memorable" i wonder

[@MerlinOpeth]

Awesome what does it smell like?

[@Lumimyrsky]

@@MerlinOpeth Rotting meat. It's very very uncomfortable 😆

[@MerlinOpeth]

@@Lumimyrsky lol thanks .

[@TheBinoyVudi]

When he speaks it's like listening to your dad or your grandpa that you love

[@BirdBath1]

Binoy

[@peelzboyplays6089]

Props to the camera man for standing there for 2 months! 🎥🚶

[@SydsCozieCorner]

😂

[@aprilfirstmoon877]

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.

[@muhammadfadli1535]

Ini sy lagi nunggu mekarnya juga dihutan desa, g sabar pengen cium aromanya😆

[@aprilfirstmoon877]

@@muhammadfadli1535 ditunggu dokumentasinya mas... Pengalaman yg langka 🙏

[@muhammadfadli1535]

@aprilFirstMoon perkembangannya sy upload di fb, sebelumnya nemu raflesia juga ug mekar sempurna

[@hazambingcola9414]

That's a lot in the Philippines too.

[@abhijeetsinghchauhan3867]

You are a great man sir, you provide a distinct sight of nature and living beings which a normal person can't look ....

[@abhijeetsinghchauhan3867]

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

[@christinatweet6580]

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..!)

[@abhijeetsinghchauhan3867]

@@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.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Why is this video cut off ?? In mid-sentence while David is explaining the pollination process it ends !!

[@shreyasino]

Love all the episodes with David Attenborough

[@enricotoesca3941]

Me too

[@Tonatiuth]

I love the ASMR sounds these plants do when they grow

[@shannonwaipouri1730]

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

[@vismivijayan6361]

The people who filmed this using all sort of advanced tech...hats off to you,👍👍👍👍👍

[@philipwest4553]

Amazing plant, terrible noise at the very end. Stop ending your videos with it.

[@Lumcoin]

jup

[@didjeridu100]

Could be the sound of the flower burping...

[@da-king3314]

😅

[@Kat-mu8wq]

I'm pretty sure it's an elephant

[@Cr4Ck21]

Can’t have nature bites without a lion sound

[@Vugen18]

Timelaps of nature is always so entrancing to watch

[@user-dk5vj2br1o]

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!

[@meisteremm]

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-dk5vj2br1o]

@@meisteremm ya ik!hes awesome!

[@meisteremm]

@@user-dk5vj2br1o May he live to be one hundred, as long as his quality of life is good.

[@user-dk5vj2br1o]

@@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!😪

[@BirdBath1]

Natalya

[@NaturalBiotopes]

An amazing plant. The film impressed.

[@7XHARDER]

Made my day at work better, now I know somewhere out there, I just gotta look closely and nature shall amaze me.

[@jceeross6763]

My love of plants grows by each of these wonderful videos

[@CatherineC.2123]

Gosh, these videos end suddenly.

[@djtaz112]

I was invested...then it ends. I need to know more! 😀

[@pizzagroom6221]

....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

[@kathleenaustin327]

Nature is always amazing!! So much beauty!! Thank you David for All you do to educate us!!!

[@kimjairusmendoza7526]

In the Philippines, we called it Pungapong, and it smells good whenever I have mucus.

[@ronmcmartin4513]

@2:10-"The giant flower opens" ...And humans wished it hadn't. 😁

[@notsunil]

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.

[@AfraidMonsters]

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

[@you2angel1]

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.

[@sohailshad3298]

Subhan Allah

[@mymunasultana4259]

Your voice always make me feel for nature..💚

[@ExcelsiorElectric]

I love the sound effects.

[@angelabalog447]

😲Woow! Neverovatno 🤩 lmpresivno...

[@BirdBath1]

Angela

[@gloriacardenas2056]

Qué gigante pero muy hermoso me gusta mucho.

[@franssn5404]

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

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

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.

[@0lemus0lent05]

I guess the plant got lonely

[@shahad_alsayed]

Wonderful documentary Sir David 👍

[@fleurdepapaye9635]

Love from Sumatra, the island where he saw it for the first time in life.

[@teegrachichi473]

David Attenborough, the plants 🪴 you show us ufff...

[@minhazislam104]

It has been cultivated in our garden for a long time. A few years ago such a flower was in bloom.

[@I_love_Kpop247]

thanks bro nice information

[@enricotoesca3941]

Awesome 😍

[@MissMellieGirl]

A big, hot, rotting flesh smelling flower? How crazy is that?!

[@BirdBath1]

Melissa

[@bubbaclark4355]

Amazing I love time lapse

[@davidarundel6187]

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 .

[@evilsharkey8954]

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.

[@growmiezhomiez8760]

$hit$ crazy man. Just a bug old Bud coming right out of the ground what a trip!

[@CrazyBrick30]

What an absurdly disruptive noise to follow a voice as soothing as David Attenborough's. At least don't make it so loud.

[@WilhelmvonFahrvergnugen]

2:14 Surely the most astonishing sound ever made by a member of plantae.

[@dogsareawesome9197]

I never knew these were all once massive leaves. Thats insanely cool!

[@muhammadfadli1535]

Now I'm waiting to this titan arum blooming in my village 😊

[@prescyesmama4967]

We have a lot of this plant in our mountain in the Phil.but flowers rear to bloom.

[@sanzdts4430]

Amazing

[@boahnation9932]

Absolutely awe-some

[@clairejohnson6506]

This has been on TV many times on his programmes.

[@earnmyturns6305]

What is the biochemical mechanism of heat production?

[@evapereira3093]

How awesome!

[@beldendemecilio8219]

Solid and Awesome.

[@asmillingchihuahua9858]

Shout out to the cameraman filming for 2 months straight

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Was having "Little Shop of Horrors" vibes watching this.

[@bobhensem3425]

This plant native to my country,the stalk were edible,taste like a tapioca or sweet potato,we called this plant lekir

[@jorgezaldivar3113]

I had no idea that there are plants that generate heat!!!

[@Face_Meat]

The sound engineer really needs to take a long vacation.

[@lynnelisabet6807]

Once in awhile i skip my job just to go to Bogor Botanical Garden to watch this flower bloom 🤭

[@abbymorel4925]

Isn't that Mr. Wilson's plant in the 1st "Dennis the Menace" movie?

[@user-iq5xw2xh4z]

The roar at the end of these videos is like a bloody jump scare. Who thought that was a good idea?

[@rbxtuber493]

I love nature even though I am only 9 years old

[@kondjedes4866]

Did they film the Amorphophallus decus-silvae too? Its even more beautiful and more rare

[@markyadao6977]

come visit us here in Philippines when its rainy season u can see that plant here everywhere in the jungle .. that's smell horrible

[@truebostonian7815]

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!

[@harshjain2728]

4:30 What's that scary whoaaaaaa

[@sporefergieboy10]

3:24 When my mom says the sketti’s ready

[@CAJAGISAN]

the logo with loud roar at the end of the video is annoying AF ! but content is amazing! mother nature is a true miracle..

[@theotv5522]

Heat signature David Attenborough doesn’t exist. It can’t hurt you. Heat signature David Attenborough: 3:04

[@kriszzillaYT]

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.

[@narendrakumar4868]

This looks similar to elephant foot yam, whose tuber is edible and very healthy for the body!!!

[@conchitinabernardo4370]

Oh how perfectly beautiful ! Gives glory to the Creator! Magnificent !’

[@suranirani2429]

Saya juga punya bunga jenis ini,banyak tumbuh di kebunku

[@blob23455]

Nice

[@LarryPeteet]

Must have a pretty good root system

[@snapsaz6067]

This man how i like how he's speaking....

[@patonapitopulu2245]

I just love his voice , i feel like wacthing ducumentary movie 🤩

[@indodaengaziwa6274]

Powerful smell and the heat 😁

[@kristynsmith5244]

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.

[@atlier4053]

no wonder i can't find this flower in Bogor Botanical Garden.

[@charlieraven6342]

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

[@julieprior3126]

Blimey!

[@MM-lr5hv]

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.

[@antialias]

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 :(

[@antialias]

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

[@Matsonius]

These titles make it seem that David is constantly running around finding new plants and species

[@Lo7q7le7guste7mrtf]

This is me in the morning 🤣

[@raguvarang5245]

Here in India ,it is grown as food crop for its tuber and it tastes awesome, texture like chicken

[@galinalp3113]

Hi,do you know someone who sell seeds or small bulbs titan and gigas pls.Ty

[@raguvarang5245]

@@galinalp3113 this is usually available in small tubers for sowing , i know how sell this tuber . Where are you from ?

[@galinalp3113]

@@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

[@raguvarang5245]

@@galinalp3113 how can i contact you?

[@galinalp3113]

I have konjac, sauromatum-no indian giant(normal venosum) , paenoiifolius and dracunculus vulgaris.I need now amorphophallus gigas and titan

[@adripiom2444]

Di pulau borneo indonesia tanaman ini raflesia/ mayou/ porang hutan.

[@khatoonsalma4942]

Wow what a magical plant 🇵🇰🎄

[@pamelaban15]

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]

جميل 🌹🌹🌹

[@anarchyindonesia3434]

Welcome To Sumatra

[@fadcullen]

We call it Buti in south Borneo,,,,

[@Mikeisonfireable]

Oh that old man is sick!

[@DDryTaste]

Well, it's not really a single flower. It's a inflorescence with a lot of tiny flowers inside of it.

[@anthroparion]

that thing looks like a damn Triffid!