Mozart PetterHad to hear a CTO saying that working on weekends is expected because that’s how software development works. Thought I was at a comedy show for a second.
My camera shoots fascistsThis is Dracunculus vulgaris, one of the many aroids that use flies as pollinators. To attract them, the flowers smell like rotting roadkill. Its scent mimicry is so accurate, that when this one blooms in the next day or two, vultures will land in the trees above looking for a carcass.
I will try to remember to post a photo when it opens. The single "spathe" will probably be close to a foot long, though they can get twice that.
The smell is genuinely stomach turning. I will confess to at times having been a plant-nerd asshole and bringing people to the flower upwind, telling them "stick your face right in it. It has the most amazing smell!" I mean, I wasn't lying 🤷♂️😂🤮
