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US Botanic Garden Amorphophallus bloom

last weekend, my family took a trip to Washington DC to visit the National Botanic Gardens.

as it turns out , there was something special going on!

one of their Amorphophallus titanum plants was about to bloom! it was not open when i saw it in person, but i did get to see the massive flower bud. as it had not yet opened, it also didnt reek of rotting flesh yet (im kind of glad about that! :lol:) i didnt have the camera with me, but my dad did get a picture of me standing next to it on his IPhone. i might post that later.

also, there is a live webcam of the plant set up on their website, so you can see the bloom from the web!

http://www.usbg.gov/return-titan
 
That is pretty amazing. The webcam will be awesome once the flower is in full bloom.
 
someone needs to invent a web based scent-transmitting device!:-))






It REEKS!!!!!
:puke:
 
someone needs to invent a web based scent-transmitting device!:-))

They should do that for TVs! ...Although, a lot of nature documentaries would probably never be watched if that happened.

There:
"Watch what happens when a predator approaches the skunk!"


At home:
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!"
 
ack!! i was there too just this weekend!! although I was there the day before it bloomed!
P.S. has a pretty sorry nepenthes collection!
EDIT: whoops i didnt know i hadnt opened yet till i clicked on the link!
 
Thank goodness for no smell-o-vision!
 
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