Re: stapelia ophelia

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This is actually a different plant called Corpse flower, there is an amorphophallus titanum at the UW-Madison greenhouse that flowered a couple years ago.  I have a cutting but I think they take years & years before they bloom.  Stapelia, the plant in the video, is in the milkweed family, & amorphophallus titanum is in the arum family.  Good to know that more than one family has stinky flowers. ~mIEKAL On Nov 29, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Peter Ciccariello wrote: Wonderfully ominous! Thought you might be interested in this: Massive "Corpse Flower" Set for Rare Blooming in U.S. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/06/0605_flowerbloom.html I remember having an orchid once, it only had about five "leaves" that were actually pointed spikes. The odor when it bloomed was horrifying yet irresistable. -Peter Ciccariello A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit —Greek proverb