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This is a truly astonishing plant: the Amorphophallus Titanum.

The spadix (fleshy pointed thing in the middle of the flower) produces heat so that it can dissipate its stinky smell further!!!
“While open, the spadix warms itself with metabolic heat, in what is perhaps an adaptation to volatilize and disperse its carrion-insect-attracting odor. The ( Read more... )