Corpse Lily Closing Tank Top

On the second day of its life the Corpse Flower closes and then collapses on itself. By this time the smell has almost disappeared as it is too late for pollination to take place. This image was taken after dark. This flower was at the Bi-Centennial Conservatory at the Royal Adelaide Botanic Gardens. Canon 6D, zoom lens. (Featured in All Glorious Lilies.) The Corpse Lily is a rare flower (highly endangered in its native location of Sumatra due to deforestation). It was grown by the Adelaide Royal Botanic Gardens at their Mount Lofty Nursery. South Australia has the biggest collection of these plants in the world due to our botanists working out a new breeding technique. Botanic Gardens all over the world are working to save this uniq...