• The World's Largest Flower:
    The Titan Arum is not only the world's largest flower it is also the world's smelliest. This native of the central Sumatran rainforests is known affectionately as the Corpse Flower for its heady perfume of rotting flesh. At about 3 metres high it's going to need a very big vase.
  • The World's Smallest Flower:
    How small is the world's smallest flower? A bouquet of a dozen Wolffia blooms would comfortably fit on the head of a pin. A type of duckweed, Wolffia grows on the surface of ponds and slow moving streams.
  • The World's Largest Bouquet:
    70, 000 roses went into the making of the world's largest flower bouquet. The 23.4 metre arrangement was the work of Ashrita Furman, who holds the world record for holding the most world records.
  • The World's Oldest Flower:
    In 2002 scientists in north-east China discovered a fossilised flower that blossomed about 125 million years ago. Called "the mother of all flowers", Archaefructus sinensis resembles the modern water lily.

 

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