Your Turn: What Do You Think? from Titan Arum: The Smelliest Flower Ever

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Is this the smelliest flower you've ever seen?

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    California_Dreamin California_Dreamin Jun 19, 2009 @ 11:53 am
    Fascinating lens. Speaking of smelly things, I once opened my refrigerator and had this rancid smell waft out at me, and so I informed everyone, "There's something spoiled in the refrigerator."
    My mother-in-law replied, "That's my fish. It's a real delicacy." (I should mention that I live in Japan, and that this conversation took place in Japanese)
    When I asked her what this delicacy was called, she answered, "Kusaiya." Straight translation: "smelly thing." This certainly is a delicacy that lives up to it's name.
    The smelliness has nothing to do with the variety of fish, but rather with the process it goes through in order to become "kusaiya." Basically, it is rancid fish, that fetches a very high price.
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    Intuitive Intuitive Jun 18, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
    I had just got off the phone with my aunt who had been telling me about how she kept running into mentions of the corpse flower when I read that KimGianterino had included one of my lenses in her A Day of 100 Squid Angel Blessings lens. When I was looking for mine, I saw this first! Couldn't believe it. Great lens, too. :) 5*
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    bdkz bdkz Sep 19, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
    I love this lens Patti!
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    Irenemaria Irenemaria Jul 3, 2008 @ 4:55 am
    Oh I wish you could put fragrance into the lens :) One day for sure I will smell this flower!!! Congratulations to your reward - well deserved too.
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    enslavedbyfaeries enslavedbyfaeries Jun 30, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
    Congratulations! Your lens was a winner on the Squids Choice Awards lens where it will be featured for the next two months! (p.s. I tried to send you a message with the "contact me" button, but I kept getting a captcha error so I will try again tomorrow.) 5*
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    CherylK CherylK Jun 23, 2008 @ 8:08 pm
    We have one of these in the Botanical Garden in Minneapolis!! I do NOT want to smell it. But I can certainly appreciate the "beauty" of it! Great lens.
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    mulberry mulberry Jun 17, 2008 @ 9:34 pm
    I've never seen one, nor have I smelled one. Is it wrong if I say I don't think I want to encounter one? ;)
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    ElizabethJeanAllen ElizabethJeanAllen Jun 17, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
    Nature is the ultimate chemist.
    great lens!
    5*
    Lizzy
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    rms rms Jan 16, 2008 @ 8:12 am
    Okay this one is being lensrolled onto my Gothic Garden Design lens! Too cool!
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    awelldressedbullet awelldressedbullet Oct 29, 2007 @ 6:38 pm
    Always thought this flower was cool, Mother Nature does the strangest things - Kathy

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Titan Arum: The Smelliest Flower Ever

Well, when a flower is nicknamed "corpse flower", you rather get the hint that it's not going to be like smelling roses and fresh cookies to be next to it.  The smell doesn't last long, but while it's there - w... (more)

Contents at a Glance

  1. The Corpse Flower On Flickr
  2. Watch The Titan Arum Bloom
  3. The Top Five Reasons Titan Arum Is The Smelliest Flower
  4. A Short Documentary On The Corpse Flower
  5. Links That Prove The Point
  6. Time Lapse Video Of The Titan Arum Blooming
  7. Titan Arum On Wikipedia
  8. Gardening Books Available From Amazon
  9. Titan Arum Is A Squid's Choice Lens!
  10. Your Turn: What Do You Think?