an oral surgeon in or around Laconia, New Hampshire has a greenhouse and had one of these bloom. it was at a fire station as a fundraiser...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/bleibume/Tillyfullfront.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/bleibume/Tillymid.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/bleibume/TillySpadixtop.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/bleibume/Tillyalmostinside.jpg
this one shows the hole they cut to pollinate it and the flowers inside...http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/bleibume/Tillyflowers.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/bleibume/Tilly-n-Me.jpg

the flower was 81 inches tall and kinda stinky. it had been in its full glory a day or so before i got there....

Kinda stinky????

That is one amazing plant, though!

Wow! That is really amazing and beautiful like a sculpture. Thanks for posting Brian!:cool:

Very cool! I hope to see one of these sometime. This is the one that smells like rotting meat right?

...This is the one that smells like rotting meat right?

yup.
smelling like rotting meat is a fairly common pollination technique. i have a couple plants in the dogbane (milkweed) family that are similarly scented. some orchids do too....

is that flower in RI??? i should go see it if it is kinda close!!!!!!!!! seriously one mega plant!!!!!!

is that flower in RI??? ...
nope, it was in Laconia, NH. it's probably faded by now, though...
there was one a few weeks ago at the brooklyn botanic gardens, but that one's long since done...

WOW...AWESOME...I cant get over how big the flower is...and stinky? :cool:

WOW! 81 inches tall!!!
Thanks for posting

nope, it was in Laconia, NH. it's probably faded by now, though...
there was one a few weeks ago at the brooklyn botanic gardens, but that one's long since done...

ya know it is so stupid of me never to check out what is gowing on there!!!!!!! curse my stupidity!!! EVERY year i also miss the orchid fest in rockefeller centre. oh well. this year i'm clearing my schedule early.

That is an insane flower. Imagine putting that by the livingroom window!

Jeepers that's large!!!! I wonder if the firestation knew what they were getting into with the stench?

Thank goodness for no smell-o-vision!!! I can honestly say that just looking at that makes me go -

Beeee-yooo-teee-fullll!!!

so big flower.

very cool flower..This is the one that smells like rotting meat right...I have a few Bulbos that have the same fragrance

Wow, I have one of these in 15 inch pot, but it looks like I've got to get it in a 5 foot pot before it blooms! That's an awesome photo!

Wow! Thanks for the experience!