These huge blooms can be up to 60 centimetres long, and smell like rotting meat for a day or so. They attract blowflies and beetles, who enter the pollen chamber at the base of the blooms.
Why do you think these flowers smell like rotten meat??
Have you considered?
Flies and beetles attracted by the smell of rotting meat pollinate the
flowers.
Dragon Arum
Dranunculus - video
*Note: These plants are not part of the Strange Plants trail, however you can find similar plants in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.
Watch this video to see pollen covered beetles climbing out of the flowers!
Why do you think these flowers smell like rotten meat??
