Saturday, August 12, 2006

Corpse Flower at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden

The Amorphohallus (aka "deformed phallus") blooms in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden! I was sorely disappointed that the day I went, there was no smell of rotting flesh. So sad.

The gathering of pollen.

One of the "fun facts" given by the BBG was that the first time the flower bloomed in cultivation was in 1889 in London. Young ladies, like myself, were not allowed to see it because of it's phallic appearance.

All I know, is that I got all hot and bothered. Oh yeah.

No comments: