Millard County Chronicle | 1925-10-15 | Page 4 | Eight-Foot Flower is Huge, but Short-Lived

Eight-Foot Flower Is Huge, but Short-Lived ; ft. . ' A r I WW stz-Zi A n ' A titan among flowers, but of an evil smell." The full-blown amorpho phallus, forty days old and eight feet high, unfolding Its bell-shaped spnthe that cldsed three days later, the spadlx collapsing. The photograph is by courtesy cour-tesy of fhe Gardener's Chronicle and Mr. P. Dukkus of the botanic gardens, Buttenzorg, Java. Note the size of the flower In comparison to the man beside It and the ruler he is holding.