The most smelly flower in the world.

The most smelly flower in the world is the giant konjac.

Amorphophallus grandiflora is a perennial bulbous plant of Araceae, one of the three flagship species of rare and endangered plants in the world, and also the largest plant with single inflorescence in the world. It is native to the tropical rain forest over 0/200m on Sumatra Island in western Indonesia, and likes to live in loose and fertile soil, which requires very high soil humidity and a very warm living environment.

Giant Amorphophallus konjac is extremely difficult to bloom, only 2-3 times in a lifetime, and the flowering time is very short, generally less than 48 hours. This is because its flowers are too big, and it takes too much nutrition to bloom once. It is called carrion flower because it gives off an unpleasant smell when it blooms, and it is also rated as the most smelly flower in the world.

The temperature of giant konjac flowers can be kept at 36-38℃ at any time, which is much higher than the surrounding temperature, which is more conducive to the farther distance for them to emit odor, thus better attracting distant scavengers, and helping giant konjac to spread pollen when it is close to giant konjac.

News about giant konjac

In 2007, there was a giant konjac in full bloom in the National Botanical Garden. At that time, the staff of the botanical garden described the taste of this flower in various ways. Some people say it's like a lot of diapers put together, some people say it's like rotten fish with rotten onions on it, and some people say it's like a cow dying on a farm. ...