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The plant is scientifically called Amorphophallus titanum, but its better known as a corpse plant because of the pungent odor its bloom gives off.
The pollinators in its native habitat of Sumatra are flies and beetles that are attracted to this smell, explained Chryst.
Corpse plants only bloom once every 10 to 12 years. Only about 200 have bloomed in cultivation since the 1800s. And the one at the Rollins College greenhouse is about to open up at any minute.
This is going to unfurl, and its probably going to open up to about two to three feet in diameter, said Chryst.
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Web Cam:
http://www.rollins.edu/greenhouse/
calimary
(81,527 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 20, 2015, 09:24 PM - Edit history (2)
I was very curious to know what the full open blossom would look like.
DANG!!!!! Nature is Freakin' AMAZING!!!!!!!
geomon666
(7,512 posts)How are they not gagging?
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)right in it.