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| TOWER OF THE 18TH-CENTURY CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOS REMEDIOS IN BACKGROUND. |
Rather than miss anything else of significance, I suggested we take our neighbors with us and pay the orchid house a visit. I was pleased that the titan arum was still on display. You might know it by one of its more common names, Corpse Flower — because that's what it smells like. The first two photos are the remains (corpse?) of the Corpse Flower with a section cut out to give access to the seeds. Check out our friend's reaction to the powerful floral "bouquet." It really does reek.
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| WHAT WE MISSED. MARCH 14, ONE DAY AFTER IT PEAKED. |
The plant that can make it all real...
You didn't bring home a few seeds to spread around town for fun?
ReplyDeleteTravel:
DeleteCould you imagine?!? What a gift to the neighborhood!
interesting flower; but I don't think I would want to smell it!
ReplyDeleteanne marie:
DeleteI was surprised by how rcorpse-like it smelled more than a week after its peak. It must have been rancid at its best.
It kinda looks like it's name, but I do love the photo with the old church and the modern glass building; I love that juxtaposition of old and new.
ReplyDeleteBob:
DeleteWe had just gotten out of the car when I saw that view. I, also, love the juxtaposition.
Yeah, these are great photos :) I think we have this stinking flower in the Missouri Botanical Garden, too. We have some stinking flower that blooms only sometimes, in any case. :)
ReplyDeleteJudy:
DeleteYou DO have a stinkin' flower at the Missouri Botanical Garden! Who would have expected that?!?
Hi Mitchell, I love the expression on your friends face! I don't think I would want to smell it either!
ReplyDeleteTake care, looks like you are having beautiful weather.
Robin
Cat Lover:
DeleteI thought the expression on her face was priceless. And it was no exaggeration. I was shocked at how bad it still smelled when I leaned in for a whiff. Weather has been glorious -- although the winds are blowing strongly under the sunny blue skies this morning.
Great photos, Mitch!
ReplyDeleteI can smell it from here!!
Jim:
DeleteThis should have been a scratch-n-sniff post!
You are sure putting your car to good use! That is an impressively large flower. Do you have to be close to it to smell it or does the smell cover a large distance?
ReplyDeleteWilma:
DeleteThe car has made it so much more fun for us. When we saw the flower, you had to get that close to catch the awful aroma. I don't know how far the fragrance reaches when it's in bloom. I DO know you don't need to stick your nose close! The odor works to attract carrion-loving insects; they crawl inside looking for the body and instead get the sticky pollen on their bodies, which they then take away with them and spread.
I've heard of the Corpse Flower and yucky though it must be, I'd like to smell one.
ReplyDeleteStephen:
DeleteIt was awful even this late in its cycle, but I'd like to smell a "fresh" one.
It is a hideous looking thing. That is one windsong I wouldn't want staying on my mind.
ReplyDeletemistress maddie:
DeleteWell, it was nothing like the fragrance of orange blossoms wafting through the air outside.
Triffids, all of them.
ReplyDeleteSpo:
DeleteBut triffids were sweet...