Portrait of the 'armpit' in the world of flowers

In addition to the "graceful" flowers and charming fragrance, the plant world has flowers with "rotting" smell, but this is how they seduce insects to pollinate. .

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The scavenger tree (rafflesia arnoldii) is a parasite that grows in vines, without leaves, so it cannot be photosynthetic. Nutrients are mainly taken from the host plant - usually the vine Tetrastigma. Flowers of Rafflesia arnoldii are also one of the scent species (with humans). However, this horrible scent attracts lots of flies, helping to pollinate plants. Luckily for this man, this big flower is only found in Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia. Flowers only live about a week (from 5-7 days old) then dry and die.

The dragon flower (Dracunculus vulgaris) is also a flower with an unpleasant smell. This exotic flower is native to the Balkans, Mediterranean, Europe and Anatolia. Dracunculus vulgaris radiates a fragrance that is no different from rotting flesh. The whole flower has a leaf shape, red or purple red with a long pistil in the center. This species has a sheath that gives off an unpleasant odor for about a day to attract insects to distribute pollen.

Dead horse lilies (Helicodiceros muscivorus) is a ornamental plant native to northwestern Mediterranean. This flower reproduces the stench of rotting meat, attracts green flies to pollinate. As one of the rare thermophilic plants, Helicodiceros muscivorus can increase its temperature by producing heat itself. This factor helps attract flies into it and touch pollen. The flies will be attracted, drawn deep inside and stuck in it.

Flowers of California Dutchman's-pipe are also called Aristolochia californica . It is a deciduous tree with tubular flowers, curved, with purple stripes. These flowers smell extremely uncomfortable, helping attract insects that eat corpses. Cow crawling into the flowers will be twisted and disoriented. This partly makes them have more time to get pollen while crawling, "sniffing" inside the flower until it finds its way out.

Oriental cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) is a slow-growing, smelling and favorite wetland species. This plant grows in the north and northeast of the United States, and in some parts of Asia. They smell bad and are especially terrible when the leaves are torn. The smell attracts pollinators like flies or beetles. This is one of the few species that produce heat. They can heat themselves at temperatures of 15 - 35 degrees C. However, the cabbage flowers can still bloom when it is snowing and its warmth is also a factor that attracts insects that want to escape. cold.