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Stapelia_gigantea
... a pestilent smell that attracts flies that ensure the successful pollination of this species. The flowers have a leathery texture mimic the rotting flesh of a dead animal and vary from ... : Southern Africa, Zambia Scientific name: Stapelia gigantea N.E. Br. Synonym: Stapelia nobilis Common names: Carrion Flower, Star Fish Flower, Giant Zulu, Giant toad plant. The flower mimic the rotting flesh ...
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Orbea variegata
... country houses of Northern Italy. This plant is rustic, simple to cultivate, healthy with wonderful flowers. Tolerate quite cold temperature, light frost is not a problem . Etymology: The generic name "Orbea ... , with a yellow central disc (annulus) speckled with dark spots. flowers coming in late summer or fall, have a light carrion smell. It is quite free flowering if in direct sunlight. The ...
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Angiosperm Families - Aristolochiaceae Juss.
... hairs which subsequently wither to release them). Inflorescence, floral, fruit and seed morphology. Flowers solitary, or aggregated in ‘inflorescences’; in cymes, or in racemes, or in ... . Inflorescences terminal, or axillary; terminal or lateral racemes or cymes. Flowers small to large; often malodorous (smelling of carrion), or odourless (?); regular to very irregular; cyclic; tricyclic to ...
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Devil's Tongue
... be a carrion beetle or perhaps a small bee—who is obviously so overcome by the scent as to remain undaunted by the task at hand. The male and female flowers are ...
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Blooming of Amorphophallus titanum (corpse flower) at BBG
... . In its native habitat, this scent attracts the carrion beetles and sweat bees that succeed in pollinating the numerous inconspicuous female flowers clustered in the lower half of the spike ( ... Brooklyn Botanic Garden Adapted with permission from Plant: The Ultimate Visual Reference to Plants and Flowers of the World, by Janet Marinelli (DK Publishing, 2005). 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn NY ...
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New Orchid Display Greenhouse - Devonian Botanic Garden
... ginger). Ornamental plants, too, are well represented (e.g., Hibiscus, Anthurium spp. or flamingo flowers, Madagascar periwinkle, Hymenocallis spp., Tibouchina urveleana, Angels trumpet, Canna indica or Indian shot, Bird ... s pipe, Aristolochia, can be found twinning its way up to the catwalk. Its flowers trap carrion insects briefly attracting them by a foul smell, but use them to transfer pollen ...
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University of Florida Herbarium Digital Image Search
... Helianthus carnosus fleshy sunflower sheet (fruiting) FLAS 13133 Liliaceae Smilax lasioneura Blue Ridge carrion-flower sheet FLAS 13198 Fabaceae Dalbergia sissoo sissoo tree; Indian rosewood; sissoo sheet ... sheet (flowering) FLAS 14826 Fabaceae Mucuna sloanei donkey-eye; horse-eye bean sheet (flowers/fruit/seed) FLAS 15864 Euphorbiaceae Croton glandulosus tropic croton sheet FLAS 15954 Asteraceae ...
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Dragon Arum, Dracunculus vulgaris
... on flies and other insects for pollination and, therefore, emits a putrid - dung and carrion-like - smell, to attract them. I have seen this particular plant in one place, ... Species: vulgaris Genus: Dracunculus Family: ARACEAE Order: ARALES Sub-class: MONOCOTYLEDONEAE Common Class: WILD FLOWERS Class: ANGIOSPERMAE Number of sightings: Many Last sighting: Observed regularly, every year Back Top | ...
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September 2000
... keeps upsetting the potted topiaries. Two big turkey buzzards paid a recent visit, helping remove carrion from the street. They are truly amazing birds to watch, were not frightened by passing ... in our world. On the lighter side, hummingbirds are at their peak, hovering at feeders, flowers and colored light bulbs. Surprisingly, they have been seen visiting rosemary blossoms. These pale blue ...
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CSSA Newsletters #12
... flowers have 5 petals or petal lobes and often are very bad smelling. The reddish brown color and smell of rotting meat of the flower attract carrion ... hillsides of eastern and southern Africa. Their flowers are 5 pointed stars with a carrion scent that attracts blue bottle flies for ... flowers. It comes from the east coast of S. Africa. Stapelia is a genus of about 45 species known as the carrion ...
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