Titan arum emits a foul smell to lure pollinators, but at the botanic gardens it attracts thousands of visitors to witness the rare flowering
A corpse flower, which emits a stench that can travel for kilometres to lure flesh flies, sweat bees and carrion beetles, has just bloomed in theIt only blooms once every few years, and only for about 48 hours, to attract insects that have already wallowed in the pollen of another corpse flower.
The horticulture curator for plant propagation at the botanic gardens, Matt Coulter, said the miasma when the plant was inside the greenhouse was thick enough to make him gag. “The first night, the female flowers are active. And then the second night they stop being active and the pollen gets released [from the male flowers] – so they can’t self pollinate.
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