Rare 'Penis Plant' Species Blooms After 20 Years
The plant emits an odor that smells like “rotting flesh” when it flowers.
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The plant emits an odor that smells like “rotting flesh” when it flowers.
A penis plant in the Leiden Hortus Botanicus in the Netherlands has flowered for the first time since 1997. It now stands taller than a human and reeks of decomposing flesh that looks like a phallus.
In a Netherlands garden blooms a rare plant with a tall, phallic shape. It's known as the
This is only the third time an Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or 'penis plant,' has flowered in Europe, according to the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. After it wilted, staff cut the plant open to reveal its innards.
This is only the third time the plant, known as the scientific name Amorphophallus decus-silvae, has bloomed in Europe since 1997, Hortus Botanicus Leiden explains.