What is the name of the plant in the picture?
Correct answer: The corpse flower
Artie
The corpse flower, just like other flowers, needs a vector for pollination. And since it's vector is flies, it needs to smell like rotting meat.
Buck
To be fair, my bedroom when I was a teenager probably smelled worse.
Lil
Could the terrible odor benefit nature somehow? Plant life is remarkable.
Snance
Good name for such a ugly flower.
J
Really must get a couple for my garden, NOT!! 😆
Rebecca
the corpse flower didn't like the one in the picture.of course I got it wrong.
littlepuppy
There are a few in Botanic gardens around the world such from London to Sydney( Australia)
Almost
We saw them in Borneo from a private garden. It cannot be cultivated as it will grow wherever it wants to and there’s a ‘Rafflesia watch’ phone number (when we were there in 2004) that we called to let us know where they were in bloom.
Terry
yucky 😝
Xtine
Lil, attracts flies, its pollinators.
Becko
Especially if you hate your neighbors!
Cait
Lil, I believe it is to attract insects to enable pollination