Thanks Pankaj ji for sharing the personal experience with us which gives a vivid character of the plant Tanay
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:11 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
