News - Powered by Yahoo NewsNew stinky flower: Our amorphophallus is smaller, but it stinks like its big cousi
The famed ?corpse flower? plant ? known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape ? has a new, smaller relative: A botanist has discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:22:56 -0800 -
Our Amorphophallus Is Smaller, but It Stinks Like Its Big Cousi
The famed "corpse flower" plant - known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape - has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:30:28 -0800 -
Our Amorphophallus is smaller: New plant species from Madagascar smells like roadkil
The famed "corpse flower" plant ? known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape ? has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:21:39 -0800 -
New plant discovered by UofU biologist smells like roadkil
SALT LAKE CITY - The famed "corpse flower" plant - known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape - has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky. The new species, collected on two small islands off Madagascar, brings to about 170 the number of species in the genus Amorphophallus ...
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Beauty bountifu
Especially in Eastern cultures, flower symbolism plays a significant role in the way the people use and associate themselves with those little pretty things with petals we call flowers. And my new discovery is that fruit symbolism does pretty much the same. In every culture around the globe, fruits symbolise fertility, joy and happiness. Together with flowers, fruits have long graced the dining ...
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Blooming stinky plant nothing to sniff a
PLANT-lovers rush to look - and sniff - as giant phallic flower that smells like road-kill comes into bloom at botanic gardens.
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Furcrae macdougalii, a rare bloom in UCLA 's Botanical Garde
The rare plant from Oaxaca, Mexico, growing in the Botanical Garden is only expected to live one year.
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