The corpse flower's ability to mimic the smell of rotten meat is a fascinating adaptation, evolved to attract insects for pollination. Human decomposition odors are also shaped by complex ...

An Amorphophallus titanium, also known as a corpse flower ... Tiny hairs inside the flower point downwards, trapping the insects inside. They are only released after they have pollinated the ...

Corpse flower blooms are identified after a bud forms ... That smell is no accident: It’s designed to attract beetles and insects that would normally lay their eggs or feed on something that ...

Hint: While most pollinating insects are blind to the color red ... 20 feet tall and stretching 16 feet across, the Sumatran corpse flower is easy for most pollinators to spot, but the plant's ...

As The Green Planet shows, when the fly is searching inside the corpse flower, the plant attaches pollen to its back, which the insect will carry to the next Rafflesia flower as part of pollination.

The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was ...