The flower stem of the king flower is called the cannibal flower. Compared with ordinary flowers, the flower stem of the king flower has the advantage of large flower stem and is called the largest flower in the world. Its stem size can reach about one meter, which is the same as that of the big lotus leaf. King flowers grow mostly in tropical rain forests, and can be seen in tropical rain forests. Although ordinary flowers have small stems, they often produce pollen-like fragrance when they bloom. When the king flower blooms, it will not only have no pollen fragrance, but also release a rancid smell like a corpse. In addition, the flower stem is large in size and looks like a big mouth of a blood basin, so it is called a man-eating flower.
In terms of color, Dawanghua has bright colors, mostly red with white or milky white spots. The color is bright and eye-catching, and there is a slight feeling of fear. Maybe you have seen it from some TV dramas, but in order to increase the point of view in TV dramas, the man-eating flowers described above are all dangerous. Not only can he eat people, but he is also as intelligent as people. In fact, this is just a kind of shaping, which is inconsistent with the actual attributes of Dawanghua. It's just a little scary from the outside, and it can't do any harm to people or animals.
King flower is a strange plant. King flower is a strange plant. Its stem is several times larger than that of ordinary flowers, and it will also give off the rotten smell of corpses during flowering. It is a parasitic plant during its growth. Simply speaking, it can't produce nutrients by itself without its own rhizome. It can only rely on parasitism on other plants to absorb nutrients from other plants to meet its own growth needs.
Judging from the growth environment of Dawanghua, it likes the warm and humid tropical rain forest environment best. It may be that it is easy to see the king flower in Indonesia and Malaysia, and it may also exist in other areas, but the relative amount is small. There are also many kinds of King Flower. According to the research of scientists, there are more than 20 kinds of King Flower, such as Balet King Flower, Magnificent King Flower and Arnold King Flower. There are some small differences in color or pattern of different kinds of Dawanghua, and the overall properties are all the same. They all grow by absorbing nutrients from their hosts and have no roots.
The flowering period of Dawanghua is short and it only blooms once in a lifetime. The name of Dawanghua sounds very domineering, but its flowering period is very short and it only blooms once in a lifetime. As we all know, the four seasons of tropical rain forest are not obvious, and the temperature will not rise or fall too much all the year round. In this environment, Dawanghua can germinate and grow all year round, but its flowering period is very short, and the flowering period is often concentrated from May to October every year. The temperature at this time is neither too cold nor too hot for them to bloom.
The whole growth cycle from germination to flowering takes several months, and its volume is not large in the initial germination stage. It silently parasitizes other plants, and its color is purple and black, which is not conspicuous at all. The budding Dawanghua is only as big as a soldier ball. As it grows slowly, the size of the soldier ball will transition to the size of cabbage. However, this can't mean that the flowering speed of Dawanghua is slow. When five petals grow, its flowering speed is improved. It often takes only two days to completely form a giant flower, which is amazing!
This growth attribute has played a good role in protecting their growth, and some local residents will carefully search every corner of the forest in order to find the king flower. However, it is not easy to find out that the color of Dawanghua is purple-black in the early stage, and it is difficult for them to distinguish the size of cabbage in the early stage of germination and flowering, thus protecting Dawanghua from being destroyed in the process of flowering and growth.
Even because of the short flowering cycle, by the time the local residents found the flower, it had already failed. The growth cycle of Dawanghua is several months, and the flowering cycle is only 4 days. After the flowering period, the petals began to fall and rot, and when the petals rotted, the Dawanghua would never bloom again. Only some female flowers that have been successfully pollinated will reveal semi-rotten fruits after their petals fall. There are many seeds in these rotten fruits, so that they can continue to breed. As for how the seeds of Dawanghua can parasitize on other plants after breeding, scientists have not been able to explain this puzzle at this stage.
Dawanghua is also known as the "world king of flowers", which makes it naturally rated as the "world king of flowers". Although the Dawanghua has only five petals, each petal is big and thick, according to the actual measurement data. The size of each petal of Dawanghua can reach 30 to 40 centimeters. Once it is fully opened, the minimum diameter can reach more than one meter, the maximum record is 1.4 meters, and the weight can reach 10 kilograms.
From a global perspective, compared with other known flower types, there is no other type of flower whose petal size can compete with it. Its huge petals also cause a large circular gap in the flower, which is called honey trough from a professional point of view. The space of Dawang nectar trough is also very huge, like the washbasin used in daily life, which can easily hold about 7 kilograms of water in the nectar trough. The pistil of Dawanghua grows in the honey trough, and its pistil looks more like the teeth of Dawanghua from a distance because of a lot of bristles, which is very scary.
The function of Dawang stamen disc is to attract insect pollination in order to achieve the purpose of smooth breeding. Of course, the pistil of Dawanghua is not a direct "mechanism" for pollination. The pistil of Dawanghua is located below the pistil, and when insects enter the pistil, they can carry the pistil along the pistil. Because the stamen of Dawanghua is hidden in the lower part of the pistil, it is also very beneficial to insect pollination, which may be the main reason why Dawanghua has survived until now.
Why can Dawanghua grow so big? The stems of Dawanghua can be more than one meter long, but other flowers can't. This is because the king flower itself has no stems and leaves, and all parts are flowers, so the flowers can grow very large. In addition, the main axis of Dawanghua is also very short, and its organ that absorbs the nutrients of the host has become a filamentous structure of fungi through years of evolution, which is very huge in appearance. To put it simply, the whole flower is a whole flower, and it must be several times larger in size than ordinary flowers.
And for other flowers, the growth position of flowers is on the stem. As we all know, the trunk of ordinary flowers is thin, which definitely limits the size and weight of flowers. The Dawanghua grows directly on the host, and most of the hosts it chooses are plants with thick trunks, which makes the flowers of Dawanghua grow steadily and healthily on the trunk of the host even if they can grow to 1.4 meters. Of course, it is undeniable that other flowers need to absorb nutrients from their own rhizomes, and the nutrients produced by rhizomes need not only for flowers to bloom, but also for stems and leaves, which also limits the size of ordinary flowers. After parasitizing on the trunk of tall plants, the king flower can continuously obtain rich nutrients, so that its flowers can grow greatly.
It is influenced by many factors. First, the appearance of Dawanghua is like a "big mouth", which gives people a feeling of swallowing. The flower stem of Dawanghua is very large, and the flower disk is also like a big hole. According to the space that can hold 7 kilograms, the space of the flower disk is enough to hold an adult, which makes it more like a "big mouth" in appearance and shape, which can give people a feeling of being swallowed. In addition, there are bristles on the disk, which are more like teeth in the mouth. Maybe people describe its appearance characteristics for the sake of image and call it a man-eating flower.
Second, the king flower will give off the stench of corpse rot at the flowering stage. The king flower will give off a fragrance at the beginning of flowering, and it will give off an unpleasant smell of corpse rot at the flowering stage. After smelling this smell, many people mistakenly think that it is because the king flower ate people or animals that it emits this rancid corpse smell. This situation is caused by people's ignorance of Dawanghua, and the smell of corpse it emits is innate, not after eating people or animals.
From a scientific point of view, the putrid smell of the corpse of the king flower is still to attract some insects and squirrels, and the role of attracting these insects and squirrels is to help them pollinate and achieve the goal of smooth reproduction. After all, both squirrels and flies like this rotten smell of corpses. After smelling it from far away, they will follow the smell and accurately find the growth position of the king flower.
Dawanghua is listed on the Red List of Endangered Species. In order to adapt to the growing environment, Dawanghua has evolved many parts. Including its main organs that supply nutrients, evolved into filamentous fungi. However, the evolution of many parts only slowed its extinction. Because of its short flowering period and few flowering times, it is still on the verge of extinction. In order to better protect it, it was included in the red list of endangered species in 2008.
Why is King Flower called Man-eating Flower? Does it really eat people? No need to introduce too much, everyone should know the accurate answer! Nowadays, people are destroying the rainforest, and the unique growth habit and limited mobility of the king flower have greatly reduced its number and even reached the brink of extinction. At present, as a kind of rare plant, Dawanghua has been valued by the World Conservation Union. Protecting the natural environment of the rainforest, protecting the earth and beautiful homeland, and protecting endangered plants have also become the responsibility and obligation of every nature lover.