On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:52:13 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior
wrote:
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And if you'd like to see a similar plant with a garbage-like odor, take a
look at:

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...5994325GDUtRa?
vhost=home-and-garden

It's a Voodoo Lily. It grows here in central Indiana (Zone 5b) and it
*reeks* when in bloom. Cool flower, though.

We have Skunk Cabbage in New York-- To me it smells more like cat
urine than skunk-- But the flower sure is pretty.
And the latin name just rolls off the tongue;
Symplocarpus foetidus
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/...arpusfoet.html

Jim