I think she’s just got one thing on her mind.
The insects crawling all over it add a creepy touch, though.
Botanical Wednesday: Don’t blame me, my wife sends these to me
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Phallic symbols mixed with swarming insects…reminds me of a Salvador Dali painting.
Science!
Could you ask Mary to share her amazing google fu for finding these kinky plant images?
Also, a pit dweller recently told me that I was a terrible parent and should be investigated by my local child welfare agency because I said that Pharuyngula was an excellent place for teenagers. I think he meant the invective and demand for actual evidence in arguments, but perhaps what he really meant was Mary’s naughty naughty plant porn.
An illustration of how attractive crabs are.
Glen Davidson
I. I… I’ve never seen a penis come out of a vagina in that orientation.
Plant conservation?
What is it with you people?
It’s clearly an aroid, but just which one is anybody’s guess. Mary would be doing the pharyngulentsia a favor if she provided the scientific names of the organisms she finds pictures of.
I grow several aroids in my own garden: Arisaema triphyllum, Pinellia cordata, Arisarum proboscideum, Arum flavum, Arum creticum, Arum nigrum, and Arum dioscoridis. The last is noteworthy for its ugly spathe, marked with splotches of dull yellow-green and purple-black, its black spadix, and a scent when in flower like a compost heap that’s been over-watered and under-aereated, and hence has turned to anaerobic decay.
The spadixes (the phallic thingies) of some of these large lilies is attractive to insects because they are significantly warmer than the ambient evening atmosphere, reaching as much as 115 degrees F, to vaporize a bug-attractive resin.
crap I wanted to make the Dali reference but somebody already took it :(
This is why I can never sit on a toilet seat without checking under it first.
Well, that and my arachnophobia.
Philodendron bipinnatifidum, which shows up when you click on Part 1 of the article.
Glen Davidson
Click to open new Pharyngula post on reader…SO walks by at exactly that moment…exclaims “What IS that?!” What is it, indeed!
We used to have philodendrons in the planter in our front yard that sported long, hot, hard phallic protuberances. Fragrant and flagrant, they were: 2cm diameter, at least 20cm long, > 35º. My dad would encourage young female visitors to feel them.
The last is noteworthy for its ugly spathe, marked with splotches of dull yellow-green and purple-black, its black spadix, and a scent when in flower like a compost heap that’s been over-watered and under-aereated, and hence has turned to anaerobic decay.
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let me guess, this came from a Republican Congressman’s garden ?
Just when I thought I was over my OCD washing thing!
Insects on a phallic object mostly just make me think of Cremaster 2.
That exists as a fetish. I’m at work so don’t ask me to provide links.
Mattir:
BWAHAHAHA!
bad Jim:
Is/was your dad always a creep?