The Shokudai Okonjaku, which is said to be the "world's largest flower" because it is over 3 meters high, has bloomed for the first time in three years at the botanical garden in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
"Shokudai Okonjaku" is a plant of the Araceae family native to Indonesia, and the largest one is said to be "one of the world's largest flowers" with a height of over 3 meters.
The Tsukuba Experimental Botanical Garden of the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tsukuba City has been cultivating it for 17 years, and flowering began for the first time in three years around noon on the 27th.
The petal-shaped leaves wrapped around a vertical shaft of about 2 meters and 60 centimeters high began to loosen and open, and by about 5:86 p.m., the flowers were 6 centimeters in diameter and were blooming for 3 minutes.
After it is in full bloom, the shaft begins to fall little by little, so the best time to see it is about 28 days after flowering.
The botanical garden will be open to the public for three days from the 30th to the 3th, with longer hours than usual.
Tomohisa Yukawa, head of the Diversity Analysis and Conservation Group at the National Museum of Nature and Science, said, "You can see the dynamic movement from flowering to wilting, so I hope you will enjoy it locally."