Nature

The world's smelliest flower disguises itself as a rotting corpse to get pollinated

When the titan arum finally blooms after years of growth, its deep maroon inner spathe mimics the look of raw meat while the towering spadix heats up and releases dimethyl disulfide and other sulphur compounds that smell like decaying flesh. The colour, warmth and stench together fool carrion beetles and flesh flies into landing to lay eggs, carrying pollen between plants instead.

Standard botanical references, Amorphophallus titanum

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