不怕味道、又喜獵奇、又在德州附近的，（組圖） (圖)

如果看過《鬼吹燈》就知道屍香魔芋，HOUSTON的要開了。1889年以來開過100朵，美國開過28朵。一輩子可能就這麽一次機會，被熏。

Corpse flower to bloom in Texas

By QMI Agency

Last Updated: July 8, 2010 11:38am
An extremely big, rare and smelly flower is poised to bloom in Houston, Tex., this week.

It\'s called a corpse flower, and it rarely blooms, even in the wild. Only 100 of the endangered plants have ever bloomed in cultivation, the first being in 1889. Only 28 have bloomed in the U.S.

The 29th will spring open any day now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, reports the Houston Chronicle.

The corpse flower — so named for its pungent odour — can grow to 10-feet tall and five-feet wide, making it the largest flower in the world.

When it opens up, it emits a smell like rotting flesh to attract carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies, which pollinate it. It looks like a big green pod, with a giant pinkish endive inside, surrounded by purple.

Its Latin name is Amorphophallus titanum, which roughly translates to giant, shapeless phallus.

The corpse flower at the Houston museum is nicknamed Lois — after a former staff member\'s mother — and weighs 30 lbs.