Corpse Flower Information. Nov 06 2019 Corpse flower is an aroid that is native to the jungles of Sumatra. The smell attracts insects such as carrion beetles and flies that pollinate the plant.
Some describe it as funky cheese or garlic that has rotted. The climate is warm and rainy with little variance throughout the year. This happens in pulses because a continuous stream would deplete too much energy.
The flower was first displayed in the United States.
In fact the corpse flower excretes over 30 chemicals to produce its unique scent. 1 day agoWhen a corpse flower was first displayed at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in the late 19th century at least one Victorian woman was said to have swooned when she got a whiff of the bloom. The inflorescence can grow up to 10 feet 3 m tall. But what a show when it does.