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A 6-and-a-half-foot-tall plant blossomed in Europe for the first time in 25 years—and it resembles a penis.
The “penis plant,” which is actually called amorphophallus decus-silvae, was flowered on October 19 at a Netherlands garden, the Leiden Hortus Botanicus.
The plant is indigenous to the Indonesian island of Java and is exceptionally challenging to bloom, emitting a harsh odor when it does.
According to botanists, this is only the third time in history that one of the smelly penis plants has blossomed in Europe. The last time the plant bloomed on the continent was in 1997.
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And while fans may have gone to great lengths to get a glimpse of the rare flower, they would also have been met with a foul odor.
In a post from the garden’s Instagram account, the flower has a scent similar to “a questionable fish market.”
A 6-and-a-half-foot-tall plant blossomed in Europe for the first time in 25 years—and it resembles a penis.
The “penis plant,” which is actually called amorphophallus decus-silvae, was flowered on October 19 at a Netherlands garden, the Leiden Hortus Botanicus.
The plant is indigenous to the Indonesian island of Java and is exceptionally challenging to bloom, emitting a harsh odor when it does.
According to botanists, this is only the third time in history that one of the smelly penis plants has blossomed in Europe. The last time the plant bloomed on the continent was in 1997.
...
And while fans may have gone to great lengths to get a glimpse of the rare flower, they would also have been met with a foul odor.
In a post from the garden’s Instagram account, the flower has a scent similar to “a questionable fish market.”
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