Bear Creek Park, Surrey, BC

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:34 pm

You're welcome, Kares.

I know people here like to look at pics (although, I also know that pictures of the By-Torians themselves are the preferred pics) and Wendy was saying she missed BC, so...

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:24 pm

awip2062 wrote:Wendy, the plant, to me, looked like it should be growing indoors, but it was nice and big outside. I loved the leaves and that flower was just great! Although, I must admit the pic you put up of it with the lil girl was a show stealer.

I don't mean to come off as a show stealer but I
love plants and I can't resist pix at all you know.

Hey, I don't know who that cute little girl is, other than that she's at a plant nursery in Taiwan on the website I used to research the plant.
The plant should be growing indoors if it is what I think it is.
This plant has a gigantic bloom on it that smells like carrion (roadkill) when it is in bloom.
The pic you have is of the spadix with seeds that is left behind after the bloom.

Here is a picture of the bloom.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:36 pm

That's you posing with it, isn't it?

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:58 pm

You look like Alice there!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:35 pm

Mmmmmmmmmmm carion! Is this plant at all carnivorus?

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:51 am

No, it is not a plant that catches bugs, that is Sarracenia, pitcher plant.
This plant's female blossom has an aroma of carrion that is very strong.
Some people vomit when they smell it.

And that is most definitely not me posing with the plant. Ewwww.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:51 am

**can't see**

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:07 am

^^
Do a google image search for Amorphophallus titanum

Soup4Rush · Post by **Soup4Rush** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:13 am

I have read about that..

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:16 am

Wendy wrote:^^
Do a google image search for Amorphophallus titanum

I've seen it...if it's the same one I'm thinking of, they call it the
"corpse plant"....uhhhuhhuhhhuh