Three unmissable Eden sights

Titan arum The titan arum is the largest flowering structure without branches on Earth. It can grow up to three metres tall but only produces a flower every seven to nine years. When it flowers, the bloom lasts for only 48 hours and smells of rotting flesh to attract insects to pollinate it. Infinity Blue At more than eight metres tall, Infinity Blue is one of the world’s largest ceramic sculptures. It is modelled on the world’s smallest but most important organisms called cyanobacteria. Three billion years ago, this bacteria was the first organism to release oxygen into the atmosphere. Darwin’s orchid This orchid has a narrow nectar tube about 45 centimetres long. Scientist Charles Darwin reasoned that there must be a moth with a long proboscis (a pointy, tube-like…

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