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Helicodiceros muscivorus — Dead horse arum lily
Helicodiceros muscivorus — also known as the Dead horse arum lily — is an ornamental plant native to the northwestern Mediterranean region that reproduces the stench of rotting meat, attracting carrion-seeking blowflies which act as pollinators.
Here's a great list of flowers to get that special lady you've been meaning to freak out and scare away.
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Speaking of smelly things... I have a durian fruit in my freezer waiting to be cracked open. Don't know if you watch Andrew Zimmern's show Bizarre Foods, but it's one of the few vile foods I've seen him spit out... My sister got it for me at the Asian market but I can't figure out how to get it open! Maybe a giant Wylie E. Coyote vise...
Posted by: Agunn | November 05, 2009 at 10:07 AM