What an unusual flower. Some Aroids have a most unusual trait. They can produce heat! From wiki:
Many plants in this family are thermogenic (heat-producing). Their flowers can reach up to 45 degrees Celsius even when the surrounding air temperature is much lower. One reason for this unusually high temperature is to attract insects (usually beetles) to pollinate the plant, rewarding the beetles with heat energy.
Weed Monkeysays
A cayenne-like C.Annuum, albeit of an especially beautiful dark colour, wrapped in some decorative but no doubt scrumptious leafy vegetable. I’d dip that in some tzatziki.
**I’m subscribing so that someone can help me figure out what I’m doing wrong embedding the link. I tried to put “Plant Delights” in the title between the quotation marks, but the word won’t show up and everything past my tag becomes the link. Very annoying. What am I missing?
Physicalistsays
It reminds you of Snoop Willis, perhaps?
Weed Monkeysays
Lynn Wilhelm, the title part only describes what pops up when you hover your mouse cursor over the link, the part that shows up as an actual link goes between the closing > and the </a> that closes the a href -tag.
Um. I’m thinking of a more complicated way to write that, but can’t think of any. Maybe an example would be better.
<a href=”http://link.here.com/” title=”hovertext”>This will be the link</a>
And now there must be some hidden typo that makes all this a garbled mess, even if it looks just fine in preview.
Lynn Wilhelmsays
Thanks Weed Monkey, now I finally understand what the damn word “title” means. Let me try it here again. Click here to see the cover of this year’s catalog. He’s come up with some great covers over the years.
Perfect! I hope I can remember…
Jamssays
HAHAHAHAHA @ “christianmingle.com” ad accompanying this article in my RSS feed.
Which reminds me, what do native English speakers use for the plural form of “Anthurium”? “Anthuriums” or “Anthuria”?
Thanks
Josh, Official SpokesGaysays
It reminds me of something, I’m not sure what
Cock ‘n pussy, PZ. That’s what.
Hercules Grytpype-Thynnesays
Silly me. I read that as “Posted in Orgasms”
@air101:
Anthuriums.
Ouiguisays
This reminds me that it might be fun to point out to religious prudes that every bouquet of cut flowers is a display of dismembered sexual organs. “What’s the real message of those roses you just bought, huh? Pervert.”
magistramarlasays
PZ,
You are a feisty old scalawag!
DLCsays
kind of reminds me of a ceramic bell I saw once. . . /innocent look
Weed Monkeysays
kind of reminds me of a ceramic bell I saw once. . . /innocent look
… if you know what I mean, eh eh. *nudge nudge, wink wink*
There is also a female’s version of Viagra it’s called Niagra because it keeps them wet for a week.
Father Ogvorbis, OM: Delightfully Machiavelliansays
It reminds me of something, I’m not sure what
Reminds me of a chile pepper. But then, I’m notoriously clueless about some things.
ambulocetaceansays
You’ll put someone’s eye out with that thing.
Birger Johanssonsays
It reminds me of the long tongue of the chameleon.
The plant is camoflaguing itself as a predator to keep herbivores away.
It also reminds me of the docking probe of Soyuz spacecraft, but I cannot imagine any evolutionary advantage of Soyuz-mimicry.
barbara eckstiensays
amorphophallus something. Can’t remember the something,but I always remember the amorphophallus. wonder why that is.
Anjsays
It’s in the name. Literally.
Tarponsays
Not as much fun as Amorphophallus titanum though…..you look good, and smell like dead meat
adrianwhitesays
We have a similar plant here in the uk. Arum maculatum also has a common name of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, I’ll let you all work out the connotations of this!
ps Long-time lurker, first post.
RFWsays
Those who live on the Left Coast in dry-summer areas should look into the ever delightful Arum dioscoridis, another aroid. Easy to grow, truly vile looking spathe with dirty lime green and purple-black blotches, and the smell of a compost pile that’s been over-watered and has gone anaerobic. In one word, nasty: nasty looking and nasty smelling.
I though you said you weren’t going to “do” any porn.
Dang! Line stolen.
Inception! Sexual structures appearing like, um, sexual structures.
Now just what do you suppose the Designer is telling me?
Glen Davidson
He didn’t say anything about producing it though.
What an unusual flower. Some Aroids have a most unusual trait. They can produce heat! From wiki:
A cayenne-like C.Annuum, albeit of an especially beautiful dark colour, wrapped in some decorative but no doubt scrumptious leafy vegetable. I’d dip that in some tzatziki.
A dippy bird?
There’s a great nursery in NC where you can get Dracunculus vulgaris plants. Plant Delights is owned by Tony Avent, a wonderful plantsman with a rather wry sense of humor. He’s added another common name to this plant: Viagra Lily. Anyway, check out his online catalog for some plant fun (and a little plant porn).
**I’m subscribing so that someone can help me figure out what I’m doing wrong embedding the link. I tried to put “Plant Delights” in the title between the quotation marks, but the word won’t show up and everything past my tag becomes the link. Very annoying. What am I missing?
It reminds you of Snoop Willis, perhaps?
Lynn Wilhelm, the title part only describes what pops up when you hover your mouse cursor over the link, the part that shows up as an actual link goes between the closing > and the </a> that closes the a href -tag.
Um. I’m thinking of a more complicated way to write that, but can’t think of any. Maybe an example would be better.
<a href=”http://link.here.com/” title=”hovertext”>This will be the link</a>
produces
This will be the link
And now there must be some hidden typo that makes all this a garbled mess, even if it looks just fine in preview.
Thanks Weed Monkey, now I finally understand what the damn word “title” means. Let me try it here again. Click here to see the cover of this year’s catalog. He’s come up with some great covers over the years.
Perfect! I hope I can remember…
HAHAHAHAHA @ “christianmingle.com” ad accompanying this article in my RSS feed.
georgia o’keeffe, maybe ?
Hmmm…purple carrots?
Purple Carrots
:D
Which reminds me, what do native English speakers use for the plural form of “Anthurium”? “Anthuriums” or “Anthuria”?
Thanks
Cock ‘n pussy, PZ. That’s what.
Silly me. I read that as “Posted in Orgasms”
@air101:
Anthuriums.
This reminds me that it might be fun to point out to religious prudes that every bouquet of cut flowers is a display of dismembered sexual organs. “What’s the real message of those roses you just bought, huh? Pervert.”
PZ,
You are a feisty old scalawag!
kind of reminds me of a ceramic bell I saw once. . . /innocent look
… if you know what I mean, eh eh. *nudge nudge, wink wink*
.
.
.
Seriously.
What’s it like?
@10
Muphry’s Law.
An especially confusing puberty?
Viagra is now called the Disneyland pill because it’s an hour long wait for a sixty second ride.
There is also a female’s version of Viagra it’s called Niagra because it keeps them wet for a week.
Reminds me of a chile pepper. But then, I’m notoriously clueless about some things.
You’ll put someone’s eye out with that thing.
It reminds me of the long tongue of the chameleon.
The plant is camoflaguing itself as a predator to keep herbivores away.
It also reminds me of the docking probe of Soyuz spacecraft, but I cannot imagine any evolutionary advantage of Soyuz-mimicry.
amorphophallus something. Can’t remember the something,but I always remember the amorphophallus. wonder why that is.
It’s in the name. Literally.
Not as much fun as Amorphophallus titanum though…..you look good, and smell like dead meat
We have a similar plant here in the uk. Arum maculatum also has a common name of Jack-in-the-Pulpit, I’ll let you all work out the connotations of this!
ps Long-time lurker, first post.
Those who live on the Left Coast in dry-summer areas should look into the ever delightful Arum dioscoridis, another aroid. Easy to grow, truly vile looking spathe with dirty lime green and purple-black blotches, and the smell of a compost pile that’s been over-watered and has gone anaerobic. In one word, nasty: nasty looking and nasty smelling.
Google has lots of images for your delectation.
A marlin spike wrapped in a bat wing?
Reminds me of the Disney witch Maleficent, with her wonderful collar.
I thought I clicked off the porn post…
Reminds me of a member of the Arecaceae…
It’s a pistil packin’ momma!
cyberCMDR, you have won an Internet.
Yay!
Dracunculus. Mine are just starting to open – the back garden should be quite stinky in a day or two. The neighbours have been warned. :-)
I’m still trying to offload some of the smaller plants onto friends for their own fun, but surprisingly few takers….