A New Rotanical Discovered!!!

A new species of Amorphophallus has recently been discovered !!! It isn’t quite as big as The Corpse Plant  (A. titanum)but seems to be just as wretched in scent. Amorphophallus perrieri possesses the unique adaptation of releasing a smell like death to attract pollinators like carrion beetles and flies just as its cousins the Corpse Plant and the Devil’s Tongue (A. konjac).

Growing some five feet big this thing could stink up the whole island of Madagascar where it was discovered. Apparently the botanist, Greg Walhert, was looking for violets when he happened upon this horror! What an amazing find.

Wahlert and his lab partner are affectionately referring to it as a Porta Potty Flower. Clearly this is a true rotanical deluxe.

You can read more about it here:

New “Porta Potty” Flower Discovered.

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One thought on “A New Rotanical Discovered!!!

  1. Gem says:

    This is my new favorite flower….I’m sure you are well aware of it, but I just learned of it this week.
    http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&biw=1305&bih=847&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=557jEzF9wMH0MM:&imgrefurl=http://www.firelily.com/firelily.html& docid=YcMaJ6WcWPWHjM&imgurl=http://www.firelily.com/image/fire.lily.2.jpg&w=538&h=404&ei=xC6HT8PXOoiyiQLhqZHQAg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=186&vpy=199&dur=2486&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=148&ty=77&sig=111344687099999888008&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=190&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:72
    The fire lilly!

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