Comments on: Giant Corpse Flower Blooms in Cornell's Greenhouse

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:52:13 +0000

Melissa,
Gee, thanks so much for the detailed explaination. As I was unable to read the text and understand the process for myself. In fact I had someone read it to me and type this response.

Jim

By: Dave Horne

Dave Horne — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:33:18 +0000

Luke’s comment made me laugh. Thank you!

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:25:24 +0000

Odin, I hope you are kidding.

By: Mutinus

Mutinus — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:49:06 +0000

Odin, did you grow up in the rainforests of Sumatra? If not, you’re probably thinking of something else. If you did, that’s still bad. They’re awesome. I want one.

By: Odin

Odin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:10:26 +0000

When I was young, on some weeks, I spend entire afternoons hunting down each of these annoying flowers through the forest and destroying them. You’re gonna hate that smell when it’s everywhere around you. And you’re growing it?

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:50:07 +0000

This is perfect for my ex-girlfriend.

By: Melissa Richards

Melissa Richards — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:39:23 +0000

They are saying it smells like rotting meat. The flower is called a corpse flower because it SMELLS like a decaying corpse. It is very pretty, but smells awful. That’s why they are removing the stench with special equipment in the greenhouse. In the wild, that smell would attract flies to pollinate the flower – since flies would normally be all over rotting meat, that’s what the flower smells like. I don’t think corpse flowers are recommended for the garden, unless you want that smell around your house.

By: MYRNA HOYT

MYRNA HOYT — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:17:53 +0000

it is mention “rotting meat”.,please explain..I didn’t understand. this plant is amazing and I will be googling other corpse plants I’m very interested in plants, but mine are just out-side, and gouse plants. thank you for sharing