In honor of the nomination of Donald Trump, the corpse flowers are blooming all across the country. It’s actually a blessing; the stench of rotting flesh obscures the reek of the putrescence rising from the Republican party.
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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
The stench of rotting flesh always gets such a bad reputation, it’s really undeserved.
Here’s a video produced by the American Chemical Society that gives more information about Amorphophallus titanum and the chemistry of its stench. In this case, the video shows a previous plant that bloomed at the US Botanic Garden.
According to the US Botanic Garden Facebook page, USBG recently conducted a scent gathering on the plant currently blooming. They would like to replicate the odor to share with people who can’t make it to the Garden when the flower’s in bloom.