Image Gallery

Images of UCSB Greenhouse research.

'Chanel' the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum)

  • Thermographic image displaying the heat exuded by Chanel's 4'8" tall spadix during its brief bloom.
  • The back-lit spathe (a leaf modified to look like a petal) of the 2013 Titan Arum bloom.
  • The infructescence (mass of individual fruits) resulting from the pollination.
  • Male and female flowers
  • Chanel's female flowers are pollinated through a window cut in the spathe.
  • The Titan Arum's second day of flowering!
  • Titan Arum
  • Titan Arum

Glimpses of the Teaching Collection

  • Orbea variegata (a succulent milkweed)
  • Lecanopteris mirabilis with flattened rhizomes
  • Nymphaea 'Panama Pacific' (water lily; vivparous, day-blooming)
  • Gongora maculata (orchid)