First bloom of our Zulu Giant!
First bloom of our second season! #StapeliaGigantea #StarfishCactus flower">#stinkyflower
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Last watered 2 weeks ago
@Herbalgreen25 Iโm guessing from the name that it smells pretty nasty! Malodora- so good. These are corpse flowers so they smell likeโฆ you knowโฆ to attract flies, their pollinators.
@Herbalgreen25 smells like a rotting dead animal. As you can see they attract flies and they lay their babies to eat the dead animal as they grow. But they donโt have anything to eat so they die and donโt get very big.
@Herbalgreen25 rotten meat ๐คข But so worth it!
@PlantingPeace definitely demogorgon-esque!
@Jamilea yours looks so cool yellow like that
@SirLiquorice same!!
@Jamilea the maggots donโt survive long anyway
@Jamilea I was going to say that flower looks gigantic judging by how small the flies look
@Jamilea mine has stinkier flowers now but nowhere close to that large. More like half that size or smaller
@Jamilea looks like yours gets multiple at once also. Mine so far hasnโt had more than one bloom at a time
@SirLiquorice I have 4 that have opened in the past two days and more on the way!
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