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Rare "Corpse Flower" Set To Bloom

Posted by timothy on from the let-a-thousand-corpses-bloom dept.

BearJ writes "And you thought Halley's comet was rare. For the first time in the northeast since the 1930s, a Corpse Flower, or 'Amorphophallus Titanum' is set to bloom at the University of Connecticut. Check out the press release and the official page . Oh, and it's called the corpse flower due to its putrid smell, apparently to attract dung beetles. I wonder if I could find some for my garden..."

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  1. Ummmm..... by DesScorp · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a dick.

    And now we're posting stories on giant penis flowers on Slashdot?

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    1. Re:Ummmm..... by bigsteve@dstc · · Score: 4, Funny
      Yes folks ... all flowers are sex organs.

      So, next time you buy a bunch of flowers for your girlfriend, why not remind her of the plants that have been castrated for her enjoyment? (Just a thought :-)

  2. And to celebrate... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 5, Funny

    durian smoothies for everyone!

  3. Re:Smells fishy by stu42j · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean this one:

    or:

    or perhaps:

    That last one may be a different flower but what is the deal with slashdot's obsession with large stinky flowers?!?

  4. Re:Another one... by Spock+the+Baptist · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Stephen F. plant is named Jack by the way.

    So to those who've not visited the SFASU Arboretum recently...

    YOU DON'T KNOW JACK!

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  5. I can't get there in person... by dpbsmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...so can someone post a URL from which I can download the smell? (.wma format preferred)

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  6. The ultimate subterfuge... by moonboy · · Score: 4, Funny



    The ultimate subterfuge for the bodies buried in the backyard.

    "Oh, that smell? It's just my Amorphophallus Titanum."

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