Thread: Seriousness What's out in your garden now ....
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Old 06-21-2010, 12:47 AM   #960
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
This plant isn't in my garden, but I ran across it tonight and for some reason it just seems to hold one's attention...

http://www.botany.org/plantimages/Im...a06-005&IS=700
OMG! Audrey II, except they feed on the roots of certain other plants!

They seem to be little kidnappers and rapists as well. From the Wikipedia article on Hydnora africana:

"The plant grows underground, except for a fleshy flower that emerges above ground and emits an odor of feces to attract its natural pollinators, dung beetles, and carrion beetles. The flowers act as traps for a brief period retaining the beetles that enter, then releasing them when the flower is fully opened."
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