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Stapelia gigantica - even closer
These flowers are supposed to have a rotten meat type odor but I
did not sniff! Cheers Wendy |
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Stapelia gigantica - even closer
Wendy7 wrote:
These flowers are supposed to have a rotten meat type odor but I did not sniff! Cheers Wendy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waaaay Cool! Does the plant trap and digest the flies like a Venus fly trap or does it just attract the flies with its odor? Bob Williams |
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Stapelia gigantica - even closer
I honestly don't know Bob? Not even sure about the white stuff in the
center ? Ugh! I do know that flies lay eggs in rotten meat but I didn't hang around to observe. Cheers Wendy "Bob Williams" wrote in message ... Wendy7 wrote: These flowers are supposed to have a rotten meat type odor but I did not sniff! Cheers Wendy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waaaay Cool! Does the plant trap and digest the flies like a Venus fly trap or does it just attract the flies with its odor? Bob Williams |
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"Bob Williams" wrote in message ... Wendy7 wrote: These flowers are supposed to have a rotten meat type odor but I did not sniff! Cheers Wendy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waaaay Cool! Does the plant trap and digest the flies like a Venus fly trap or does it just attract the flies with its odor? It's a brilliant plant, it attracts the flies, which are supposed to pollinate it however I have never seen anything like a seed pod. The flies hang around as you see, lay their eggs near the centre (after having ostensibly pollinated the flower) , the fly larva hatch - and starve to death because there is no carrion for them to eat! I don't think it smells so bad. It's an odd smell but not actually unpleasant, unlike, say, a stinkhorn fungus which really does smell like s**t. The flower is very beautiful, congratulations Wendy. someone |
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Thanks for the info "Someone"
"someone" wrote in message ... "Bob Williams" wrote in message ... Wendy7 wrote: These flowers are supposed to have a rotten meat type odor but I did not sniff! Cheers Wendy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Waaaay Cool! Does the plant trap and digest the flies like a Venus fly trap or does it just attract the flies with its odor? It's a brilliant plant, it attracts the flies, which are supposed to pollinate it however I have never seen anything like a seed pod. The flies hang around as you see, lay their eggs near the centre (after having ostensibly pollinated the flower) , the fly larva hatch - and starve to death because there is no carrion for them to eat! I don't think it smells so bad. It's an odd smell but not actually unpleasant, unlike, say, a stinkhorn fungus which really does smell like s**t. The flower is very beautiful, congratulations Wendy. someone |
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Stapelia gigantica - even closer - 1 attachment
"someone" wrote in
: "Bob Williams" wrote in message ... Wendy7 wrote: These flowers are supposed to have a rotten meat type odor but I did not sniff! Cheers Wendy --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Waaaay Cool! Does the plant trap and digest the flies like a Venus fly trap or does it just attract the flies with its odor? It's a brilliant plant, it attracts the flies, which are supposed to pollinate it however I have never seen anything like a seed pod. The flies hang around as you see, lay their eggs near the centre (after having ostensibly pollinated the flower) , the fly larva hatch - and starve to death because there is no carrion for them to eat! I don't think it smells so bad. It's an odd smell but not actually unpleasant, unlike, say, a stinkhorn fungus which really does smell like s**t. Amd the Voodoo Lily which smelled like a garbage dump on a hot July day! |
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