Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Voodoo Lily #WordlessWednesday

At Binghamton, New York's Cutler Botanic Gardens, the voodoo lily was in bloom Saturday.

I was fortunate enough to see it, although I didn't want to get too close (I'll explain why later).

Here are a couple of pictures.   Unfortunately, I managed to cut part of the explanatory sign off in my photos.

This is said to be the largest flower of the plant kingdom.  I've actually seen one once before - indoors.

I dared to come a little closer.  

The sign, incidentally, says "Dracunculus Vulgaris Voodoo Lily Smell my Flowers If You Dare"

I wasn't going to dare.  Some people call it the Corpse Flower, for good reason.

 

Joining Sandee at Comedy Plus for #WordlessWednesday.

13 comments:

  1. I’ve heard of this flower but have never seen it, and certainly never smelled it

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  2. ...this reminds me of the song Voodoo Woman.

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  3. Nice photos although that last bit nmade me laugh lol :-)
    Have a voodooolilytastic week 👍

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  4. So beautiful and I love that name. I would keep my distance too.

    Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

    Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥

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  5. Fascinating! Does it really smell that bad, I wonder? Never saw one in person.

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  6. Fascinating! Never heard of that flower.

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  7. Never heard of such a thing, but probably best to look and not touch or sniff.

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  8. Yeah, I wouldn't want to smell that either.

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  9. What an awesome flower and great photos of the 'voodoo'

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBu Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  10. I have heard of that plant. I wouldn't take a sniff either!

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  11. The voodoo lily looks gigantic! What a flower!

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  12. 'Dracu'... in my native language (romanian) means Devil. The flower probably has a devilish smell.

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  13. I wouldn't want to get too close to it either but your photos are amazing!

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