罕见！国家植物园巨魔芋首次结实，好壮观

The bright red fruits of two Titan Arums (Amorphophallus titanum) have ripened in China National Botanical Garden in China's capital Beijing. Records showed this is the first time that the plants produced fruits under cultivation in a botanical garden across China. 

Titan Arum is also called "corpse flower" because of its stinky corpse-like smell to attract pollinators when it's in full bloom. The species is endemic to the rainforests on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, but it is introduced to botanical gardens worldwide.

与其他植物不同的是，巨魔芋开花较为少见，花期不可预测，这使得结实更加困难。该物种被国际自然保护联盟列为濒危物种。

Unlike other plants, Titan Arum flowers occasionally and its florescence is unpredictable, which makes it even more difficult to harvest its fruits. The species is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

由于人类对棕榈产品和木材的大量需求，苏门答腊岛的热带雨林受到巨大破坏，巨魔芋的野外生存状况岌岌可危，需要对这个物种进行保存并研究它的生物学习性及繁殖机制，想办法增加它的数量。