Titan Arum

By its name, Titan Arum, you know that the tree has something gigantic (or titanic) in size.

But what?

Actually, thankfully for us walking by, the titanic bloom of this plant was not present.

This massive influorescence is over 50 cm across, and stinks of rotten flesh. This is actually a method to attract its pollinators -- which happen to be flies.

The flies think that they have found rotting meat, and attempt to lay their eggs on it. In the process, the are smeared with the pollen of the flower. Unfortunately, this is no symbiotic relationship -- unable to find food (rotting flesh) when they hatch, the flies' young, maggots, all die.

However, the duped fly, flying from one Titan Arum to another, pollinates the plant, ensuring that it's species certainly does not die out.