#pollination tactics

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Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis

Here’s how big it is:

Does it smell good?

No.

(via here and here)

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If you would like to hear more about the plant I posted yesterday (Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis) and how its pollination tactics work, here’s a good article from the Smithsonian which comments that the stench from the plant smells like “a thousand dead elephants rotting in the sun.”

Enjoy!