“Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx introduced them in the 1960s. Towards the end of its life — which can span between 40 and 80 years — the palm tree sends up a central plume crowded with millions of small, creamy-white blossoms that rise high above its fan-shaped leaves. Originating from southern India and Sri Lanka, the talipot palm can reach up to 98 feet in height and produce around 25 million flowers when it blossoms, using energy accumulated over decades. If the flowers are pollinated, they produce fruits that can become seedlings,” reports the Associated Press.
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