Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up
The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...
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Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi smell like death
People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.
Geelong Botanic Gardens corpse flower blooms
The corpse flower at the Geelong Botanic Gardens is in bloom for the first time ever in the city, with visitors set to soak ...
Corpse flower blooms in Geelong, revealing its putrid ‘dead possum’ stench
After much anticipation Geelong’s corpse plant, which only flowers once every seven to ten years, is finally starting to open – but you only have 48 hours to see it.
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Corpse Flowers And Flesh Flies: Why So Many Plants And Fungi Stink Like Death Warmed Up
The corpse flower's reddish-purple structure and stench ... Mature specimens have a corm, a swollen stem base a bit like a bulb which can weigh over 100 kilograms. This is where the plant stores ...
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Geelong Botanic Gardens corpse flower blooms
Emma, 4, has been watching the corpse flower live stream at kinder ... The Geelong Botanic Gardens were gifted two Amorphophallus titanum corms in 2021. There were lengthy lines at the botanic ...
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Why Corpse Flowers and Fungi Reek of Death
The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia ... plant's energy and reserves to produce such a huge warm structure. Mature specimens have a corm, a swollen stem base a ...