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Corpse Flower Webcam
A rare 'Corpse Flower' in UConn Greenhouses is about to bloom and release its naaasty decayed stench.
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LInk to Corpse Flower at the University of Connecticut
The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is a native of the sultry equatorial rainforests of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where it is known as bunga bangkai, the corpse flower. Plants grow from a potato-like underground tuber, which produces umbrella-shaped leaves 10 feet high and 15 feet across. Only a single leaf is present at any one time, but it is dissected into many smaller leaflets. The whole looks something like a palm tree with a spotted green trunk, and is rather attractive. A leaf can last for several years before it withers and is replaced, all the time quietly capturing sunlight and storing food in the tuber. Eventually, after the tuber has grown to weigh as much as an average man, the corpse flower decides to bloom. The bud on the UConn plant could grow to more than six-feet-tall before it opens.
Posted by mrmule at June 24, 2004 12:46 PM
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Someone needs to get that thing into a dessert or appetizer dish. I have had durian milkshake and it was absolutely disgusting, even made from FROZEN durian fruit, so I am sure this would appeal to someone to eat.
Posted by: Two Dishes at July 7, 2004 02:42 AM
eeewwww, A Durian milkshake... OMFG!!.. sounds like something from THHGTTG. Are you sure they weren't trying to poison you? Thanks for your comment BTW!
Posted by: mrmule at July 7, 2004 07:41 AM
