Mastodawn

Check out this absolutely phenomenal friend I encountered on the path to onomea bay, on Hawai'i Island.

It's aristolochia grandiflora, and although Wikipedia says it should smell like rotting meat, I detected no smell.

@mk30 @Lazarou why do I feel like it's going to reach out and grab me!?

@chris @mk30 "Actually I'm an Alien Ambassador...and please remove your hand from my feeding hole, ..thankyou"

@mk30 Oh wow! Beautiful! Maybe check smell at night?

It looks like a flying sandworm coming right at you! #Dune

@mk30 Truly phenomenal. The surface patterns are intense. I love that deep purple too. Thanks for sharing!

@mk30 it’s difficult discerning its depth; more like a leaf than ovoid?

@dizzy check out the video i linked. i show what the back of it looks like,

@mk30 A cousin of the rafflesia, I didn't know this one :o

@mk30 looks like its elaborately made of paper. Not saying its fake, just looks like it's constructed.

@mk30 It's like an Easter bonnet and a black hole had a baby and it's hanging around waiting for you to get too close.