Sunday, January 19, 2014

Saudi - Dammam Cornish




Location Spotting
> 403 Km From Riyad
> Beach

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

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