{"id":4336,"date":"2014-11-03T15:40:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/?p=4336"},"modified":"2024-01-04T16:20:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:20:56","slug":"plants-of-the-week-nov-3-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/2014\/11\/03\/plants-of-the-week-nov-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Plants of the Week Nov 3-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jade Plant (Crassula ovate<\/em>) and Corpse Flower (Amorphorphallus titanum<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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Jade plant (http:\/\/www.plantoftheweek.org\/week060.shtml)<\/p><\/div>\n

Posted by Molly Pritz<\/p>\n

Common Name:<\/strong> Jade Plant<\/p>\n

Scientific Name:<\/strong> Crassula ovate<\/em><\/p>\n

Geographic Range: <\/strong>Although jade plants are native to South Africa\u2019s Cape Province, they are grown worldwide now due to their ability to grow in dry, poor soils.\u00a0 Many people keep jade plants as house plants, though they can grow outside in many southern and west coast states.\u00a0 Places that receive too much rainfall will not provide the best growing conditions for jade plants, but they can certainly be grown indoors in those areas.<\/p>\n

Interesting Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Other names include Money Tree and Friendship Tree<\/p>\n

-Jade plants are succulents, sometimes only needing water once a month<\/p>\n

-With a USDA plant hardiness zone ranking 10-11, jade plants can survive winters as cold as 30 degrees!<\/p>\n

-Small white and pink blossoms occur around the shortest day of the year, if the plant is going to flower<\/p>\n

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Corpse Flower (https:\/\/usatcollege.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/a03_nl_flower_19.jpg)<\/p><\/div>\n

Posted by Matt Doyle<\/p>\n

Common name: Titan arum or the \u201cCorpse Flower\u201d<\/p>\n

Scientific name: Amorphorphallus titanum<\/p>\n

Range: Sumatra (Indonesian Island) is the only place that it grows in the wild, where it grows in rainforests on limestone hills.\u00a0 The flower is also cultivated by botanic gardens and owned by private collectors in other places of the world.<\/p>\n

Interesting Facts:\u00a0 This plant is very interesting due to its sheer size, as it can weigh up to 200 pounds, and also its bright colored flower.\u00a0 Its most unique characteristic is that it gives off an odor similar to a rotting mammal in order to attract beetles that help pollinate the flower.\u00a0 This flower is not actually one flower, as it is actually thousands of individual male and female flowers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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