Virginia Tech "Corpse Plant" To Bloom On August 4th

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @05:10PM from the naughty-bits-are-in-latin-so-it's-ok dept.

Radical Rad writes "Virginia Tech has a second Amorphophallus titanum, or 'corpse plant,' ready to bloom and emit its intensely powerful stench. The plant only blooms once every 4 to 20 years and lasts only 2-3 days. Its stench attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies to pollinate it. See this link for photos of the bloom." Instant road-trip excuse.

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its also blooming here (Score:4, Informative)

by 8up ( 573130 ) writes: on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @05:27PM (#9883003) Homepage

the flower in question is also in bloom at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens - http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/events_and_e xhibits/events/stinkyflower.htm

- Re:its also blooming here (Score:2, Informative)
  
  by some guy I know ( 229718 ) writes:
  
  Atlanta Botanical Gardens - go there for the Chihuly ehibit; stay for the stinkplant!
  (I was there a couple of weeks ago, and saw both.
  It's worth the $12/head if you're in the area and have a few hours to kill.)
- Taking into account Wind Velocity... (Score:1)
  
  by Wandering Wombat ( 531833 ) writes:
  
  ... and the distance from Western Canada, I should be smelling it just about *gnnnrrrkkkk*thud*. Time of Death: 12:48pm, August 6th, 2004.
Dennis the menace.. (Score:1)

by MoOsEb0y ( 2177 ) writes:

I'm suddenly reminded of the scene from Dennis the Menace where Mr. Wilson's prized flower is about to bloom and Dennis comes in yelling that Mr. Wilson's been robbed.
also at (Score:3, Informative)

by timothv ( 730957 ) writes: on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @05:41PM (#9883252)

This corpse flower at UCDavis [ucdavis.edu] is blooming in 2-3 days as well. Amazing timing.

The Simpsons (Score:1)

by Celt ( 125318 ) writes:

It reminds me of the episode of the simpsons that it was in :-)
- Re:The Simpsons (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by Jorkapp ( 684095 ) writes: <jorkapp&hotmail,com> on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @09:52PM (#9885380)
  
  Lisa: A rose by any other name still smells as sweet.
  Bart: Not if you call them stench-blossoms.
  
This weekend at UC Davis (Score:4, Interesting)

by JabberWokky ( 19442 ) writes: <slashdot.com@timewarp.org> on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @06:15PM (#9883654) Homepage Journal

There's one named Tabitha blooming this weekend at UC Davis [ucdavis.edu] (in California). My SO and I have made a date to go take a look.
A rose is a rose is rose, but nothing says geek love like Amorphophallus titanum...
--
Evan "her lab is on campus; she's home today because they ran out of liquid helium for the EPR machine"

- Re:This weekend at UC Davis (Score:1)
  
  by stu42j ( 304634 ) writes:
  
  A rose is a rose is rose, but nothing says geek love like Amorphophallus titanum...
  
  Uhm, what? I don't mean to be rude but what exactly is geeky about a big stinky flower? I'm really confused by slashdot's obsession with this thing.
  - Re:This weekend at UC Davis (Score:4, Insightful)
    
    by JabberWokky ( 19442 ) writes: <slashdot.com@timewarp.org> on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @08:50PM (#9885013) Homepage Journal
    
    And I can't understand why somebody would think that playing video games (or *anything* to do with consoles other than possibly modifying them) has anything to do with being geeky. Fun, yes. But geeky?
    Maybe it has something to do with pre-dot com geeks versus post-dot com geeks. Science was pretty geeky until somehow nerf toys displaced it. Somehow my throw pillows with electron orbitals and my trilobite collection are no longer considered geeky by the neo-geek otaku button mashers, but a web comic about MegaMan is. I don't get that.
    --
    Evan "damn kids - stay off my lawn!"
    
Okay now (Score:3, Insightful)

by Cranx ( 456394 ) writes: on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @06:42PM (#9883908)

Do we really need an article for every corpse flower that blooms anywhere in the world?

- Re:Okay now (Score:2)
  
  by dnahelix ( 598670 ) writes:
  
  How dare you ask a rhetorical question on my behalf.
- Re:Okay now (Score:1)
  
  by JanneM ( 7445 ) writes:
  
  Well, since you're asking - yes, I think so.
  
  Anyway, the one in Lund, Sweden was in bloom last winter; of course I wasn't in town at the time and missed it.
- Re:Okay now (Score:2)
  
  by FFFish ( 7567 ) writes:
  
  Indeed! I was about to post the same: there are enough corpse flowers in captivity that we get at least two blooming every year. Might as well publish big news about how the roses in my backyard have bloomed, OMG! WTF! ROX3RS!
Just Wait (Score:3, Funny)

by BortQ ( 468164 ) writes: on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @06:47PM (#9883954) Homepage Journal

Next month Virginia Tech is going to release a new avant-garde perfume backed by a secret formula...

There are more in Miami (Score:3, Informative)

by juggledean ( 792527 ) writes: on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @06:51PM (#9883978) Homepage Journal

There are many pages and pictures at Fairchild Tropical Garden [fairchildgarden.org]. There is even an animated gif [fairchildgarden.org]
It's a huge flower.

- Re:There are more in Miami (Score:2)
  
  by Radical Rad ( 138892 ) writes:
  
  That animated gif was cool. It's too bad they didn't keep the camera at exactly the same spot for each frame though. That would have really looked cool.
  - Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by renehollan ( 138013 ) writes:
    
    That would have really looked cool.>
    "really looked"? ... "REALLY LOOKED"?!
    Like "boldly gone"?
    Look, dammit! It's ...to go boldly..., ...have gone boldly..., ...looked really cool... Is that too much to ask?
    DAMN YOU and your infinitive splitting... I should have never watched Star Trek. Now I will forever be unable to forget what my English teachers tried to teach me -- them and their antiquated grammar rules and all.
    :-) -- just a bit of karma-blowing fun
    - Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:2)
      
      by Radical Rad ( 138892 ) writes:
      
      Couldn't "really looked cool" be correct if really modifies looked instead of cool? 'Did it look?' 'Yes it really looked.' 'How did it really look?' 'Cool'... Don't bother me with facts while I'm trying to talk myself into this. Damn I give up. Okay. I have been corrected.
    - Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:2)
      
      by ConceptJunkie ( 24823 ) writes:
      
      Um. I don't want to sound stupid, but what infinitive did he split?
      
      Yeah, I didn't pick up on the "to boldly go" thing until I heard it mentioned a few years ago. Now it really bugs me... almost as much as "10 Items or Less"
    - Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:3, Informative)
      
      by Martin Blank ( 154261 ) writes:
      
      Split infinitives are fairly hotly debated (as such topics go) amongst the elite grammarians. I remember reading a few years ago that the usage that has been condemned for more than 200 years is now becoming acceptable. While I couldn't find that article specifically, the following excerpt covers the gist of it.
      
      From The American Heritage Book of English Usage, 1996:
      
      The only rationale for condemning the construction is based on a false analogy with Latin. The thinking is that because the Latin infinitiv
      - Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:3, Interesting)
        
        by renehollan ( 138013 ) writes:
        
        My take is that I'll tolerate split infinitives (and other faux-pas, like dangling participles) in spoken English, but I wince when I see them in written form (except when the intent is to demonstrate the character's use of language, of course).
        Yes, I know the "English isn't Latin" debate around split infinitives, but I also know that English is about the most irregular language out there, and extremely difficult for non-native speakers to learn well (Hmm, should I have written "...to welly learn?"), beca
        
        Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:2)
        
        by Martin Blank ( 154261 ) writes:
        
        Dying vocalizations?
        
        I put more effort than most people I know to ensure that I'm using proper grammar, and I try to encourage others to do the same, spoken and written. But your take that even though language evolves, this must be incorrect, is not a strong foundation. If this has been a perceived problem on the part of grammarians for 200 years, then I would tend to say that it's part of the language.
        
        I don't accept alterations such as "*ould of" or your own mention of "intensive purposes" simply becaus
Corpse plant? (Score:5, Funny)

by jfisherwa ( 323744 ) writes: <{jason.fisher} {at} {gmail.com}> on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @07:31PM (#9884364) Homepage

Upon reading that title I immediately visualized a large ribbon-cutting celebration for the unveiling of a new cadaver factory, with an assembly line capable of pumping out an endless stream of high-tech corpses for all to enjoy.

- Re:Corpse plant? (Score:2)
  
  by Zork the Almighty ( 599344 ) writes:
  
  It's called Iraq, and it's run by Haliburton.
This week at UW-Madison (Score:2, Informative)

by bubblewrapgrl ( 189933 ) writes:

One of the several Titan arum plants that are at UW-Madison is also blooming this week (called "Little Stinker"). The link has daily updates on this specific plant and also some general information on the species.

http://www.news.wisc.edu/titanarum2004/index.html [wisc.edu]
Photos on my Blog (Score:4, Interesting)

by waldoj ( 8229 ) writes: <waldo@@@jaquith...org> on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @08:43PM (#9884972) Homepage Journal

I visited this afternoon and wrote it up, along with a half dozen photos, on my blog [jaquith.org]. As of 3:30pm, it had only just started to bloom. I plan to return tomorrow, by which time it ought to be in its full...er...glory, and take some more photos. You know where to find them [jaquith.org].

-Waldo Jaquith

She does not have this one (Score:3, Funny)

by IBX ( 793635 ) writes: on Wednesday August 04, 2004 @09:05PM (#9885102)

"The titan arum is in the same plant family as familiar house plants such as Dieffenbachia, Philodendrons, and Anthuriums."

I wonder if this would be a good gift for my mother in law...

Gotta love a flower... (Score:2)

by CTachyon ( 412849 ) writes:

...whose name means "giant shapeless penis".
Calling 1 800 Flowers.... (Score:2, Funny)

by transformer_dp ( 725430 ) writes:

Anyone else consider sending one of these beasts to an ex-girlfriend or two with a simple note expressing your regret not getting them flowers more often.
cross country synchronism (Score:1)

by geraint-nz ( 214071 ) writes:

reminds me very much of the day of the triffids, and isn't there a meteorite shower due soon?
Wow! (Score:2)

by Snaller ( 147050 ) writes:

Blooms every 4 to 20 years? With precision like that it must be female ;)

(Runs for cover)

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its also blooming here (Score:4, Informative)

Re:its also blooming here (Score:2, Informative)

Taking into account Wind Velocity... (Score:1)

Dennis the menace.. (Score:1)

also at (Score:3, Informative)

The Simpsons (Score:1)

Re:The Simpsons (Score:4, Funny)

This weekend at UC Davis (Score:4, Interesting)

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Re:This weekend at UC Davis (Score:4, Insightful)

Okay now (Score:3, Insightful)

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Just Wait (Score:3, Funny)

There are more in Miami (Score:3, Informative)

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Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-( (Score:3, Informative)

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Corpse plant? (Score:5, Funny)

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This week at UW-Madison (Score:2, Informative)

Photos on my Blog (Score:4, Interesting)

She does not have this one (Score:3, Funny)

Gotta love a flower... (Score:2)

Calling 1 800 Flowers.... (Score:2, Funny)

cross country synchronism (Score:1)

Wow! (Score:2)

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