mimic the rotting flesh

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Stapelia_gigantea
... off 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 pale ... The flower mimic the rotting flesh and putrid smell of a dead animal. Sun-bleached hairs. Leathery surfaces. Soft and pulpy to the touch. Red, orange, and yellow tissue, like meat and fat rotting in the ...
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Flowering Plants
... attract the same insects that visit rotting carcasses to lay their eggs, such as flesh flies, blow flies and various beetles. In this case, the insects are tricked because the flower supplies no rotting flesh for the ... [DF=6] References Armstrong, W.P. 1998. "The Truth About Cauliflory." Zoonooz 71: 20-23. Armstrong, W.P. 1997. "Flowering Plants That Mimic Fungi." Zoonooz 70: 20-23. Borror, D. ...
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Stinking Flowers
... . But of all the exceptions to the typical flower stereotype, some of the most remarkable are known as "carrion flowers," showy blossoms with the stench of rotting flesh. Like the putrid, spore-laden ... on odors alone to separate the model (decaying meat) from the olfactory mimic (arum inflorecence). This is yet another example of sexual deception where the plant exploits insects for pollination ...
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