yes, a very bad odor indeed
The corpse flower is called so because of its foul smell, which is reminiscent of the odor of rotting flesh. This smell is emitted to attract insects for pollination. Despite the unpleasant scent, the corpse flower is a beautiful plant that can grow to be quite large.
The Corpse flower is Amorphophallus Titanum. The common name comes from the smell of rotting flesh it exudes.
Amazingly it is! If gets its name from the smell it emits, gross, smell-y. If is from Africa
Here are some plants that have a bad smell. -Plants whose flowers smell like rotting meat. People find the smell disgusting but carrion flies and beetles love it and help to fertilize the plants. SKUNK CABBAGE - Symplocarpus foetidus VOODOO LILY -Amorphophallus konjac CORPSE FLOWER - TITAN ARUM - Amorphophallus titanum CORPSE FLOWER - Rafflesia arnoldii STINKING ROOT - Hydnora africana -This flower smells like garlic - but some people like it! SOCIETY GARLIC - Tulbaghia violacea
Flies come to it because of the smell hoping to find some rotting meat and when they land on the flower they pollinate it
The smell it produces to attract its pollinating insect (flies). It smells like rotten meat.
The corpse plant. It has a horrible stench that you could smell from a mile away! The corpse plant is so bad some people have been knocked out because the stench is so bad!
The Carrion Flower (Amorphophallus titanum) also known as the Titan arum has the scent of rotting flesh to attract the corpse beetles and flesh flies that pollinate it.
Amorphophallus titanum are Native to Sumatra in Indonesia.
The difference is that the rafflesia gives a rotten smell and the jasmine gives a nice smell.
Carrion flowers, like Raffelsia, which attarct flies for pollination are examples of flower that smell bad
Rafflesia is an exotic flower found in Borneo. It's the largest flower on earth and also smells very bad, so it's sometimes called a "corpse flower".Rafflesia Flower is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest.The plant has no stems, leaves or true roots. The only part of the plant that can be seen outside the host vine is the five-petaled red flower.In some species the flower may be over 39 in in diameter and weigh up to 22 lb.The flowers look and smell like rotting flesh hence its local names which translate to "corpse flower" or "meat flower". Because of this smell the flower attracts a lot of insects which transfer pollen from one flower to the next.