Perhaps having a head cold helped--I didn't find the Titan Arum to be near as stinky as I'd expected it to be.
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Two months into L.'s retirement, and I'm finished with the stockpiling of books. No more book purchases! Or at least, no purcha...
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(See also Musee des Beaux Arts ) As far as mental anguish goes, the old painters were no fools. They understood how the mind, the freakiest ...
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When I finished Kevin Brockmeier's A Brief History of the Dead last spring I immediately did a search to see if the Coca-Cola Corp. had...
But to a fly lookin' for a corpse, I bet it smelled lovely and inviting.
ReplyDeleteWhat was inside? I kept seeing people taking pictures of the base of the middle on the live feed you led us to. Very curious, but not so smelly on webcam. :)
ReplyDeleteThe 3rd picture is the one my daughter took attempting to lean down into it (those who got that close said it smelled like dead mice). I don't know if anyone got a shot that went much further down inside than that unless greenhouse staff decide to take one.
ReplyDeleteI took a shot of the outside of the base, but my husband didn't think it was worth posting. Maybe it'll open up more in a day or two. . .
Why does this flower totally creep me out and I can't even smell it...
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who finds this flower looks ... suggestive?
ReplyDeleteAnd how big is it? *Eyes wide*
It's five feet tall.
ReplyDeleteThese are great photos. Maybe it will smell stronger in a few days. My orchids always smell more after they have been open for a while. Very neat!
ReplyDeleteAre you kiddin' I smell it all the way to Mississippi! Oh, maybe that's roadkill? :P
ReplyDeleteDark Orpheus took the words right out of my -- er, -- right out of my mouth.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that's one big stinky flower. The photos however, are not stinky at all. They are quite nice :)
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful, in an obscene sort of way. I'm reminded of Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. Thank god computers don't have olfactory capabilities yet!
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