Wow!! Great!!
It was on Early January 2010 when we visited Muarajambi temple area. We went there for our office mission, accompanying visitors. Unfortunately the visitor has very limited time and they visited only Gumpung temple, Tinggi temple and the collection hall. After the guests left the area, we got information from the local people, they found an Amorphophalus Campanulatus (it's called Bunga Bangkai in Bahasa Indonesia, bunga means flower, while bangkai means corpse or cadaver) is growing up closeby the temple. We then had a look at there together with the keeper. YES!!! IT's GREAT!. Purple Amorphophalus titanum.
This flower is originally from Sumatera. Though, it's not common to see, as it rarely grow. "It grows between November to January", said a man owning the area. He also told us that the flower has twice growing on his cacao plantation. "In the beginning, when the flower started blooming, it smelled too bad", added him. This flower thrives at the edges of rainforests near open grasslands. Though found in many botanic gardens around the world it is still indigenous only to the tropical forests of Sumatra.
