Posted on 06/06/2010 10:14:13 AM PDT by JoeProBono
SAN MARINO, Calif.- The corpse flower was in bloom during the weekend at California's Huntington Library and fans of its nasty odor were not disappointed, library officials said.
The flower gives off an odor of rotting flesh that lets rainforest insects know it is ready for pollination.
Celebrating the corpse flower in full bloom is an annual event at the Huntington Library in San Marino, which features a collection of rare books and manuscripts, several art collections and botanical gardens spread out over 120 acres northeast of Los Angeles.
The corpse flower bloomed Friday evening and the bloom was expected to last for only about one day, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.
"And boy, is it making a stink!" the library said on its Web site.
What an odd plant
Mrs. & I had these at our wedding.
Mmmmmmmm! Nothing like the smell of congressional defeat in the morning!!!!
think we went through this last year at this time
Maybe we could all chip in to buy one for the White Hut.
Good one!
corpse flower in full bloom is an annual event
think so my sis brought some thing back for the Pacific I kept in Fla and it bloomed every year like a Lilly......but smelled like a dumpster behind a slaughter house in August
IIRC, these bloom only once every several years (7 or so?) - even less in “captivity”. Quite an event just from how long it is between blooms that last only a couple days. A quick look at Wikipedia notes that the flower also heats up to about mammal body temperature; between stink & heat it’s designed to attract flesh-feasting bugs.
That explains everything........all this time I thought it was a bad choice in your best man.
She’s Orthodox Goth and I’m, like, Emo.
The present occupants give off the odor without requiring this flower in full bloom. True of Congress today too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.