Thanks Pankaj ji for the information on the plant. There is one more plant named Amorphophallus titanum the flower of which smells like rotten meat and grows in the Sumatran jungles.
Regards, Mani. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > There is a funny story behind this plant which I collected from > Jharkhand. I got this from forests in bud and planted it in my garden > just outside my bedroom window. This was new to me and new record for > the state too. I have a very bad habit of keeping my room clean :P. > But when I entered my room two days later it was stinking like shit. I > thought I got something on under my shoes. I checked, it was clean, > but I kept all the shoes outside. Still the smell was getting > stronger....I scolded all other members of my family to check their > shoes and got frustrated and went out in my garden, if it was there > outside..... I was expecting some stray dog's popo below my windows > but found this plant in flowering....for the time being, I was like > too happy that it was blooming, and I then went near to smell it (I > have this another bad habit of smelling anything which comes > across).....IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DISGUSTING........... but some > how I didnt vomit. For fun, I called all my family members to show the > beautiful flower and smell it :)))..... All of them had the same > feeling :p...and then they scolded me back !! > > That plant was Habenaria gibsoni var. foetida > > Regards > Pankaj > > > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
