Alice the Corpse Flower is Blooming

[Carnal_Flower]

This is one of those "so weird it has to go in a story" links. Except, I just finished writing a scene involving this same flower so I already have dibs on it.

Amorphophallus Titanum (Trans. "Huge Deformed Penis") grows only in Sumatra and takes approx. TEN (10) years to reach the stage where it first blooms, and two years for each one. It's named for the distinct scent of rotting meat which it exudes at night, to attract "carrion beetles and flesh flies."

Naturally, its going in EH.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/travel/alice-corpse-flower-chicago-botanic-garden-bloom/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es3f8dRo0QM

 

[SamScribble]

Amorphophallus Titanum (Trans. "Huge Deformed Penis") grows only in Sumatra ...

Only in Sumatra and various botanical collections around the world. I've seen it flowering at Kew and Auckland Domain - and growing but not flowering in various other places too. Gosh, it smells awful.

 

[quietlylooking]

Only in Sumatra and various botanical collections around the world. I've seen it flowering at Kew and Auckland Domain - and growing but not flowering in various other places too. Gosh, it smells awful.

I've seen and smelled one blooming several times in a botanical garden near where I work. Vile, truly vile.

 

[NotWise]

Eew. I don't need a substitute for dead cattle.

 

[Areala-chan]

Sounds like the biological menace in the video game "Obscure: The Aftermath" to a degree. Blech.

 

[Carnal_Flower]

http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/12/30/corpse-plant-seven-network-pkg.seven-network

Whoops. This is the one I meant to link from a few days ago in Australia