Corpse Plant

[Kempy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_arum

Was in bloom yesterday at the Botanic Garden, not sure how long it will stay like that for but I think its a pretty rare occurance

[Fozzy Bear]

sounds like it smells really nice.
"The "fragrance" of the inflorescence resembles rotting meat..."

at least it looks bizarre and not too disgusting.
was it full size yesterday? the picture at the bottom shows one in the US 4 days after full "bloom" and its already half gone (and it looks like something out of some alien film by that point ).

[Senethro]

Is this one of the fly pollinated plants, hence smellign like rotting meat?

[Kempy]

Quoting Senethro from 10:06, 18th Apr 2007
Is this one of the fly pollinated plants, hence smellign like rotting meat?

Yep exactly.

This was it yesterday

http://picasaweb.google.com/nealkemp/20 ... 6903511634