Horticultural types have been aghast with excitement at the second flowering of a Titan Arum lily (Amorphophaĺlus titanum) in the precincts of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens within weeks (the first flowered at the end of December 2015).
This second bloom, named “Ganteng”, or ‘handsome’, in Indonesian, started flowering on Sunday. I caught the story on the Sunday news so, as we were already visiting the family in Adelaide, getting to the gardens became a priority.
Thousands of people have visited the Bicentennial Conservatory since the flower first opened so we were relieved to find that by the time we arrived on Wednesday there not many people there at all. I made two drawings of the plant, both from the overhead walkway in the conservatory.
The Titan Arum, pencil on grey-toned paper, 3 February 2016
In the second drawing i tried to capture some of the excitement and interest viewing the flower has generated.
I’m not sure how long the flower will be on display, as it is curling up almost as fast as it unfurled. I’d love to get back and have another go at drawing it.
leonieandrews 
What a wonderfully sculptured plant to draw – gorgeous!
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Yes it has the most wobderful pleats and folds. I’m hoping to drop in again tomorrow and see if it is still on display. Like many people I am interested in seeing how it decays. BTW the gardens also have a timelapse video of the first arum flowering. The link is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_paCynMMoHU
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Thank you for the link. wow, what an extraordinary plant.
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Aha! You were here and saw the extraordinary in the small window of time. Thanks for capturing the moment (but not the smell…)
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By the time we got there on Wednesday pm the smell was pretty much gone. I never did make it back. I’d have loved to draw it every day, but family obligations ….
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