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

David Attenborough uncovers a record-breaking plant at Kew Gardens: a Titan Arum, with a huge tuba that emerges from within the plant once every seven years!
Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The inflorescence of the talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, is larger, but it is branched rather than unbranched. A. titanum is endemic to Sumatra.

From Kingdom of Plants Season 1 Episode 3, "Solving the Secrets": this series, narrated and presented by Sir David Attenborough, documents the world of plants, from the strangest to the most beautiful. Plus, a look at how plants change their biology to adapt to the changing seasons, and ensure their survival.

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[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!

[cjr]

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.

[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.

[MrARock]

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!

[tharunkumarthalam]

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

[edwardfletcher]

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

[Tonatiuth]

I love the ASMR sounds these plants do when they grow

[aprilfirstmoon]

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.

[shreyasino]

Love all the episodes with David Attenborough

[abhijeetsinghchauhan]

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

[philipwest]

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

[peelzboyplays]

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

[TheBinoyVudi]

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

[vismivijayan]

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

[shannonwaipouri]

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

[Vugen]

Timelaps of nature is always so entrancing to watch

[pizzagroom]

....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

[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.

[jceeross]

My love of plants grows by each of these wonderful videos