Corpse Flower Adaptations. The main distinguishable one would be the foul scent that the flower emits. 17072019 These giant flowers have the lovely adaptation of smelling like rotting flesh to attract flies for pollination.
The spathe provides what looks like the red guts of a dead animal while the spadix helps to warm the flower so as to better diffuse the stench. It emphasizes the need to conserve plants and biodiversity and species in this genus are used for food and medicine worldwide. The spiked center part of the flower the spadix is hollow and topped with an abundance of pollen.
Corpse flowers including the massive Rafflesia and Amorphophallus titanum and several other species are able to produce rancid malodorous fumes to attract carrion-loving insects.
The flies come near the flower thinking its a decaying corpse. In fact the corpse flower excretes over 30 chemicals to produce its unique scent. Corpse flowers including the massive Rafflesia and Amorphophallus titanum and several other species are able to produce rancid malodorous fumes to attract carrion-loving insects. These chemicals include sulfides isovaleric acid methyl thioacetate and trimethylamine.