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Wayne P. Armstrong Bibliography
... 484: 17-19 17 ARMSTRONG, W.P. 1979 SELDOM-SEEN PARASITIC FLOWERS PACIFIC DISCOVERY 32 (6): 10-17 18 ARMSTRONG, W.P. ... GARDENS, CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY 155 ARMSTRONG, W.P. 1997 CARRION FLOWERS: NOT ALL FLOWERS SMELL AS SWEET AS A ROSE! ZOONOOZ 70 (1): 24 ... DISTRICT NEWSLETTER): Feb. 1998: 1-2 163 ARMSTRONG, W.P. 1998 FLOWERS OR FUNGI? (pp. 37-39) In: POPULAR SCIENCE ANNUAL 1999. GROLIER INC ...
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Flowering Plants
... , this is not always the rule. Some insect flowers emit the putrid aroma of rotting flesh and are appropriately called "carrion flowers." They attract the same insects that visit rotting carcasses ... because the flower supplies no rotting flesh for the developing larvae to feed on. Carrion flowers occur in many different and unrelated plant families, including the milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae), ...
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Stinking Flowers
... Is A Carrion Flower? 2. Why Do Carrion Flowers Smell Rotten? 3. Perception Of Odors By Animals 4. Why Carrion Flowers Catch Insects? 5. Foul-Smelling African Starfish Flowers 6. The ... carrion flowers, there are many other species with slightly malodorous flowers that attract flies, including a number of orchids and the male flowers of carob trees (Ceratonia siliqua). 2. Why Do Some Carrion Flowers ...
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Inflorescence Terminology (Part 1)
... flowers above the female. The upper region of the spadix is usually devoid of flowers. Male (staminate) flowers consist of numerous stamens packed together, while female (pistillate) flowers consist of numerous individual pistils. Individual flowers ... colored. The spadix of some arums emits a putrid odor that attracts carrion flies for pollination. The spadix of some aroids produces a remarkable ...
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Carnivorous Plants
... , it is completely harmless to people--unless you take a deep breath of its foul, carrion-like stench. The enormous blossom generates such an overwhelming smell that people have been known ... (Darlingtonia californica) growing in a boggy meadow in northern California. Some of the plants have flowers on long stalks. Illustration of the passive trap of a pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica). The ...
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Cauliflory
... pinnata). (4) Small, crawling and flying insects that frequently visit the flowers below the forest canopy. See Bat-Pollinated Mucuna Flowers Some of the most notorious examples of cauliflory include the ... variety of animals. Unlike most other cauliflorous species, the blossoms of palanco are pollinated by carrion beetles and flies because they have a strong odor resembling a rotting carcass. See ...
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