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Talipot palm trees are blooming for the first, and last, time in their lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The talipot palm, native to southern India and Sri Lanka, is one of the largest palm species on the planet, with some reaching more than 30 metres. The trees, growing in Rio's Aterro do Flamengo park and the Botanical Garden, were planted in the 1960s by the legendary landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. Now, some six decades later, these giants have reached the peak of their existence. The entire process, from the opening of the first flowers to the ripening of the fruit, will take about a year. Once the fruit falls, the palm trees will slowly begin to die.
