Isn't that gross? Heck yeah!

But the Museum of Natural History here in Houston has a Corpse Flower. A Corpse Flower is a big flower that, when it blooms, releases a smell similar to that of rotting corpses.

This smell attracts flies and insects, who pollinate the Corpse Flower.

The Corpse Flower is starting to bloom today. People are jamming into the museum so they can smell it. People are weird.

But one couple is unfortunate. A year ago, they booked the museum for a wedding, which will be held this Saturday.

When the Corpse Flower is in full bloom.

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A haunted house I went to last Halloween dabbled in smells for the first time. They had a room that "smelled like death" and it really did. Rotting flesh and flies buzzing and everything.

BLEH.

It was the coolest (and scariest) haunted house ever. It's run by an artists' collective and held in the dank basement of a gallery. You go in in groups of 4 and at one point they purposely separate you from your friends - so you're all alone, in the dark, no idea where you are or where you're going. At another point I was blindfolded, strapped to a wheelchair and pushed who knows where by a maniacal scary clown doctor thing.

But yeah - the smell of death. They had it.

That is just GROSS! There used to be deer that would get hit by cars and make off into the bushes where they couldnt be seen to die.. I had to walk past that area to get to the park I ran in... That is one smell that slaps you in the face and stays in your nostrils for HOURS!!

I've never heard of the titan arum, but I've heard of the rafflesia, which also is known as the corpse flower. THEY SMELL HORRIBLE!!

How romantic!

Finally, a perfect thread in this forum.

Perfect concept, perfect execution, perfect stories, perfect responses, and damned near perfect title.

Brilliant.

They've had a couple of corpse flowers at the University of Wisconsin in the last few years. They always get huuuuuuuuge lines to see/smell them.

I've never gone.

that thing looks MASSIVE!!!!

ZombieKitten said:

that thing looks MASSIVE!!!!

Why thank you!

Seriously. I've heard of these flowers but never seen one.

On the topic of interesting smelly flowers may I also mention a few more faves of mine

New Jersey has lovely fungus that smells like rotten flesh...

1st up the Dog Stinkhorn...

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next the lovely Eastern Stinkhorn (or as I like to call it Phimosis fungus)

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and lastly... a different variety of vulva flower that smells rotten... the Brasilian Aristolochia Gigantea (Big stankass )

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Why do all the smelly plants look like GENITALS...

tinaz said:

Why do all the smelly plants look like GENITALS...

Because flowers are sex organs... this is why flowers are considered "romantic" gifts.

paintedlady said:

tinaz said:

Why do all the smelly plants look like GENITALS...

Because flowers are sex organs... this is why flowers are considered "romantic" gifts.

OOOOHHHHHHHH!!

If my husband brings me home a rot gut smelly penis or vagina looking flower there will be no romance..

Or will there..

tinaz said:

paintedlady said:

Because flowers are sex organs... this is why flowers are considered "romantic" gifts.

OOOOHHHHHHHH!!

If my husband brings me home a rot gut smelly penis or vagina looking flower there will be no romance..

Or will there..

I wouldn't know how to react if I got those flowers. PU!

paintedlady said:

tinaz said:

OOOOHHHHHHHH!!

If my husband brings me home a rot gut smelly penis or vagina looking flower there will be no romance..

Or will there..

I wouldn't know how to react if I got those flowers. PU!

I KNOW!

TheVoid said:

Finally, a perfect thread in this forum.

Perfect concept, perfect execution, perfect stories, perfect responses, and damned near perfect title.

Brilliant.

And it died in less than 20 posts, so I have to agree with you.

This thread was perfect.

RodeoSchro said:

TheVoid said:

Finally, a perfect thread in this forum.

Perfect concept, perfect execution, perfect stories, perfect responses, and damned near perfect title.

Brilliant.

And it died in less than 20 posts, so I have to agree with you.

This thread was perfect.

I tried.

paintedlady said:

RodeoSchro said:

And it died in less than 20 posts, so I have to agree with you.

This thread was perfect.

I tried.

Thanks, but now this is reply #19 so we have to lock this thing down NOW.

Because if it gets to 20 posts, it can no longer be considered the perfect thread.

I'm self-locking this thread now.

I've heard of this flower before, but have never smelled it.

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CarrieMpls said:

A haunted house I went to last Halloween dabbled in smells for the first time. They had a room that "smelled like death" and it really did. Rotting flesh and flies buzzing and everything.

BLEH.

It was the coolest (and scariest) haunted house ever. It's run by an artists' collective and held in the dank basement of a gallery. You go in in groups of 4 and at one point they purposely separate you from your friends - so you're all alone, in the dark, no idea where you are or where you're going. At another point I was blindfolded, strapped to a wheelchair and pushed who knows where by a maniacal scary clown doctor thing.

But yeah - the smell of death. They had it.

Cool ! Sounds fun

paintedlady said:

tinaz said:

Why do all the smelly plants look like GENITALS...

Because flowers are sex organs... this is why flowers are considered "romantic" gifts.

and at the plant

Looks like a horse cock.

I think that the first "corpse flower" to bloom in the USA was at the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx in the 1930's (or something like that). I think that as a result, the corpse flower was the official flower of the Bronx until 2000.

I feel bad for that wedding party...but just think how "cool" it would be to give out gas masks to all of the guests! That's a story to be handed down to your great-great-grandkids!

2freaky4church1 said:

Looks like a horse cock.

It is slightly bigger than a whale's penis.

PurpleJedi said:

I think that the first "corpse flower" to bloom in the USA was at the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx in the 1930's (or something like that). I think that as a result, the corpse flower was the official flower of the Bronx until 2000.

I feel bad for that wedding party...but just think how "cool" it would be to give out gas masks to all of the guests! That's a story to be handed down to your great-great-grandkids!

Nice looking for the silver lining PurpleJedi!

I feel bad for that wedding party to and yet it's kinda funny, mainly because it's not my wedding.

<-- The nice smelling kind.

Along with the Cum Tree, this will not be going in my garden anytime soon

i want to smell it out of morbid curiosity.

so do you say "til death do you part" when it smells..deathly already?