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> 403 Km From Riyad
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Rafflesia
is the state flower of Indonesia and the genus contains 27 species of
parasitic plants - parasitic because they latch onto vines and then grow
inside them. In fact, all you can see of the plants are the flowers and
they have no roots. Also called the corpse flower, it is not the same
flower as the Titan Arum, though it has some of the same distasteful
properties. Enough to put someone off their dinner!
Whether they are called carrion plants, morbid plants or corpse
flowers, they play tricks on the flies that normally prefer rotting
flesh, and with their smell of death fool them into pollinating them.
Whatever you do, make sure you don't have one accidentally planted in
your garden unless you want to wake up to the sweet stench of decaying
bodies.
Read more at
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-most-morbid-plants-earth#z7xER6izHbyC64u2.9
Rafflesia
is the state flower of Indonesia and the genus contains 27 species of
parasitic plants - parasitic because they latch onto vines and then grow
inside them. In fact, all you can see of the plants are the flowers and
they have no roots. Also called the corpse flower, it is not the same
flower as the Titan Arum, though it has some of the same distasteful
properties. Enough to put someone off their dinner!
Whether they are called carrion plants, morbid plants or corpse
flowers, they play tricks on the flies that normally prefer rotting
flesh, and with their smell of death fool them into pollinating them.
Whatever you do, make sure you don't have one accidentally planted in
your garden unless you want to wake up to the sweet stench of decaying
bodies.
Read more at
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-most-morbid-plants-earth#z7xER6izHbyC64u2.99
Rafflesia
is the state flower of Indonesia and the genus contains 27 species of
parasitic plants - parasitic because they latch onto vines and then grow
inside them. In fact, all you can see of the plants are the flowers and
they have no roots. Also called the corpse flower, it is not the same
flower as the Titan Arum, though it has some of the same distasteful
properties. Enough to put someone off their dinner!
Whether they are called carrion plants, morbid plants or corpse
flowers, they play tricks on the flies that normally prefer rotting
flesh, and with their smell of death fool them into pollinating them.
Whatever you do, make sure you don't have one accidentally planted in
your garden unless you want to wake up to the sweet stench of decaying
bodies.
Read more at
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-most-morbid-plants-earth#z7xER6izHbyC64u2.99