With a scientific name Amorphophallus campanulatus, this unique-looking plant had drawn the attention of the people who joined the parade in celebration of the barangay fiesta in Sta. Rita.
“I thought they were looking at a fetus… From afar, it looked like decaying meat,” a resident said of the eggplant-colored plant with a huge cone structure in the middle.
This foul-smelling plant has become an attraction in a place but nobody knows who planted that particular plant there.
The plant was likened to a raffle, the world's biggest flower but with the pictures, expert identified the plant Amorphophallus campanulatus.
Amorphophallus means 'amorpho' (without shape or misshapen) and 'phallus' is penis.
That the flower belongs to the Araceae family in the genus Amorphophallus - as identified late botanist Dr. Daniel A. Lagunzad.
It is also called elephant yam or pongapong in Filipino. Lagunzad had said It is known only from Luzon and Mindoro.
In his blog, botanist Abercio Rotor said, “Pongapong is a rare plant. Its reproductive stage is in the form of a single bulbous flower arising from an underground enlarged root. The flower is pollinated by flies attracted by putrefying odor of meat.”
He also called it a “wild plant.” It was once used as hog feed in Ilocos during the pre-war era, he said.
photo credits: www.abs-cbnnews.com
“I thought they were looking at a fetus… From afar, it looked like decaying meat,” a resident said of the eggplant-colored plant with a huge cone structure in the middle.
This foul-smelling plant has become an attraction in a place but nobody knows who planted that particular plant there.
The plant was likened to a raffle, the world's biggest flower but with the pictures, expert identified the plant Amorphophallus campanulatus.
Amorphophallus means 'amorpho' (without shape or misshapen) and 'phallus' is penis.
That the flower belongs to the Araceae family in the genus Amorphophallus - as identified late botanist Dr. Daniel A. Lagunzad.
It is also called elephant yam or pongapong in Filipino. Lagunzad had said It is known only from Luzon and Mindoro.
In his blog, botanist Abercio Rotor said, “Pongapong is a rare plant. Its reproductive stage is in the form of a single bulbous flower arising from an underground enlarged root. The flower is pollinated by flies attracted by putrefying odor of meat.”
He also called it a “wild plant.” It was once used as hog feed in Ilocos during the pre-war era, he said.
photo credits: www.abs-cbnnews.com
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