Yesterday I visited the Gardens to see the Titan Arum
A report from the today's Cairns Post
THOUSANDS of people have flocked to the Cairns Botanic Gardens to see one of the world's rarest flower blooms, with the titan arum wowing green thumbs across the region.
Having gone into bloom late Tuesday afternoon, Cairns Botanic Gardens curator David Warmington estimated about 3000 people had come to observe the rare phenomenon.
"It’s attracted a wide range of people," he said. "There’s been mums, dads, kids, tourists, workers … a cross-section of the community."
The high visitor numbers have topped last year’s estimate of more than 1500 people, with this year’s titan arum only the 138th in cultivation worldwide to bloom since it was first recorded more than a century ago.
"I think some people have probably been in awe of the size of it," Mr Warmington said.
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