Dracunculus vulgaris in bloom. These things look kind of sinister at night, lit by flashlight. That spadix, the long pointy thing in the middle, is about 2 feet long, for scale.

These plants are pollinated by flies, so to attract them, the flowers smell like rotting roadkill. It's nasty, but only lasts for half a day per flower. It's so accurate that I can always tell when they're blooming in the lower part of the yard because I see vultures circling low trying to figure out where the carrion is!

They naturalize quite readily so now I have a corner of my place that smells like roadkill for about two weeks every summer.

#BloomScrolling #aroids #WeirdPlants

Monstera Deliciosa Fruit: दुनिया का सबसे अजीब और जादुई फल! खाने पर आता है 9 फलों का स्वाद, लेकिन एक गलती पड़ सकती है भारी #MonsteraDeliciosa #MonsteraFruit #ExoticFruits #RarePlants #WeirdNature #SwissCheesePlant #FruitSalidFruit #GardeningHindi #AmazingFactsHindi #TastyFruit #UniquePlants #MonsteraDeliciosa #WeirdPlants #ExoticFruit #NatureLovers #MonsteraFruit #AmazingFacts #BotanicalWonder
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Aphids? Genius!
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Caterpillars are cool
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When you get started poking around in the land of succulents, friends, it is a rabbit hole of epic proportions!!!

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Yardlong Beans.

Common in Asian cuisines, but not so much in American cuisine.

This is my first summer growing them, but I've been intrigued by them since 2020.

These are the first three I've gotten, and there are so many more growing. I can't wait.

#yardlong #yardlongbean #yardlongbeans #weirdplants #strangeplants #snakebean #snakebeans #asparagusbean #asparagusbeans #playwithyourfood #gardenexperiments #growyourownfood #selfreliant #selfreliance #fediverse #federated

saw a new weird thing!! behold the bear corn! also known by the menacing name of "cancer-root". theyre a non-photosynthesizing parasitic plant!

 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171499067

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American Cancer-Root (Conopholis americana)

American cancer-root in July 2023 by loren

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One of the weirdest, dare I say Lovecraftian, plants I've ever seen 🙂
Some reverse image search told me it's a Cycas Revoluta. This is its female reproductive system. So figures 😜
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