This flower smells like rotten meat / myLot

Banjarmasin, Indonesia

April 22, 2022 10:42pm CST

It is called Amorphophallus titanum. It grew in my village recently and lasted only for a week! And the smell was outstanding. If you ever smell rotten meat or animal Caracas, it is exactly the same.. A lot of flies came into it

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Kareng

@kareng (54280)

• United States

23 Apr 22

Glad we don't have that plant over here. It does 't sound like one I'd like!! You were brave getting that close!

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Kareng

@kareng (54280)

• United States

24 Apr 22

@RinoThesaloga I believe you!!

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Fae Maverick

@Fa_Maverick (9458)

• Australia

25 Apr 22

While not wild they do have them in botanic gardens across the US Surprisingly it is really popular with people even buying tickets in order to watch it bloom.

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Rino Thesaloga

@RinoThesaloga (11)

• Banjarmasin, Indonesia

23 Apr 22

You won't like it.. this plant is really good at mimicking the smell of rotten flesh

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134232)

• Roseburg, Oregon

23 Apr 22

I am glad I do not have that flower in my garden.

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Rino Thesaloga

@RinoThesaloga (11)

• Banjarmasin, Indonesia

23 Apr 22

Otherwise your garden will be full of flies

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134232)

• Roseburg, Oregon

23 Apr 22

@RinoThesaloga And that would be gross.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86432)

• United States

26 Apr 22

I have never heard of this most unusual plant. It is highly intelligent to capture its food this way.

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Sanna_S

@psanasangma (5884)

• India

28 Apr 22

Is this kind of Elephant Yam?

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36382)

• Toccoa, Georgia

26 Apr 22

I have heard of that flower. It doesn't grow where I live.

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Ma. Lourdes Macaya

@macayada (1497)

• Cavite City, Philippines

27 Apr 22

I have heared about it and I wish to see one in real and not only in picture.

sulynsi

@sulynsi (2671)

• Canada

23 Apr 22

I have heard of this unusual flower before! I have been reading the Awake! magazine for years and it has published a number of articles about this very large, very stinky flower.

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (79548)

• United States

25 Apr 22

That doesn't sound very appealing if it smells like rotten meat. Guess I always expect flowers to smell sweet

Explorer

@ExplorewtMe (6333)

• Nairobi, Kenya

25 Apr 22

That is not a pleasant smell. I don't think I would have liked that.

Sharon Elton

@sharonelton (24803)

• Lichfield, England

25 Apr 22

That sounds horrible! I really wouldn't want a flower that smelt like that in my garden. It looks big too. I don't know how you got near it if it smelt that bad!

Fae Maverick

@Fa_Maverick (9458)

• Australia

25 Apr 22

We had/have (not sure if it is still around) in our botanic gardens. It was at least 2 meters tall. It smelt awful.