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Virginia Tech "Corpse Plant" To Bloom On August 4th

Posted by timothy on from the naughty-bits-are-in-latin-so-it's-ok dept.

Radical Rad writes "Virginia Tech has a second Amorphophallus titanum, or 'corpse plant,' ready to bloom and emit its intensely powerful stench. The plant only blooms once every 4 to 20 years and lasts only 2-3 days. Its stench attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies to pollinate it. See this link for photos of the bloom." Instant road-trip excuse.

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  1. Okay now by Cranx · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do we really need an article for every corpse flower that blooms anywhere in the world?

  2. Re:This weekend at UC Davis by JabberWokky · · Score: 3, Insightful
    And I can't understand why somebody would think that playing video games (or *anything* to do with consoles other than possibly modifying them) has anything to do with being geeky. Fun, yes. But geeky?

    Maybe it has something to do with pre-dot com geeks versus post-dot com geeks. Science was pretty geeky until somehow nerf toys displaced it. Somehow my throw pillows with electron orbitals and my trilobite collection are no longer considered geeky by the neo-geek otaku button mashers, but a web comic about MegaMan is. I don't get that.

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    Evan "damn kids - stay off my lawn!"

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    "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien