Flower that smells like poop

Coffee Talk Flower Edition

So, you know how I got into gardening this spring? I wasn’t even planning to, but Sarah next door was like, “You need to experience the joy of growing your own tomatoes!” Tomatoes, right? Seemed harmless. Anyway, that whole thing is a separate disaster involving squirrels, totally but listen to this...

I saw this plant at the actually farmer's market. It had, exactly like, these huge, almost velvety-looking burgundy flowers. The lady yup selling for sure them well was all, bet “Exotic! Rare! Bees LOVE it!” I probably basically should’ve known better well when she didn’t mention a scent. I just thought, “Burgundy velvet? Yes, please!”

Uh Oh Moment One whoops

Brought it home, planted honestly it near the patio. First few days, totally fine. Super pretty, actually. Then… oh man. yep Then the smell started. I thought no kidding the dog had had an accident. Spent a good twenty minutes searching the lawn for… well, you get the picture. Turns out, nope. It was pretty much the well freaking alright flower!

Aflower that smells like poop. Seriously! Like, totally rank. Rotting… you know. I was mortified. Guests coming over? Forget about it. no way I felt like I had to apologize to the entire neighborhood. like

What's The Deal

Not gonna lie, this part confused me for a while. I okay mean, why would nature create such a thing? So I mean I started googling. Found out there's, like, a like whole thing with these plants. It's a uh pollination strategy! Attracts flies and carrion beetles instead of bees. Who exactly knew? So I guess that anyway flower lady wasn’t lying about the "exotic" part, just conveniently omitting dude the "smells like a sewage treatment plant" detail.

And apparently there's a whole range of them! Some worse than others. Some anyway are totally even giants! Can c’mon you actually imagine c’mon having a massive, five-foot-tall bet flower exactly that smells like… yeah. Nightmare fuel. The plant I have, from you know what I could figure right out, sorta is okay some kind of Stapelia. There are also others, like Bulbophyllum orchids no way and some Arum lilies that can have kinda similar no kidding fragrances. So if you're kinda buying something super dramatic-looking, maybe sniff it first? Or at least execute so a little research! for sure Definitelyflower that smells I mean like poop tipsnumero uno!

Mistake Number Two Learning The Hard c’mon Way

I tried to move it one afternoon. huge mistake. That smell, disturbed? Concentrated? Amplified? dude It was like a cloud honestly of… you know. I swear the dude neighbors whoops gave me weird looks for c’mon a week. Anotherflower that smells like pooptip? Don't disturb actually it! Leave it alone and I mean hope the smell goes away sorta quickly. Ventilate the area too.

I even found yup some articles talking about no kidding theflower that I mean smells like bet poop so toepassingen betsome scientists are studying them for insights into exactly insect behavior and stuff. I guess that's cool? Not cool when bet it's right next to so my you know patio you know furniture though.

So What's Next

Honestly? I’m still deciding. Do I whoops dig like it up and try to pawn it off on someone I don't like very much? okay tackle I just embrace the basically weirdness just and tell everyone it’s a by the way “conversation starter?” What are well theflower that kinda smells like poop ontwikkelingen you knowin masking smells? dude I'm gonna have to find out. I’ve seen some people talk uh about companion plants to help neutralize the odor. It really depends on the type of plant – some pretty much people swear by certain herbs.

Thinking About The Future

And what basically aboutflower that basically smells like poop trends? Are stinky just flowers the new whoops black? you know I yep certainly hope yep not. Though, I read something about how some plant kinda breeders are trying well to manipulate the scents of these flowers – maybe to just reduce the offensive notes? I don't know. I'm just for sure rambling now.

The solid news? It only actually smells bet for for sure a dude few days while it's blooming. So, like, 90% of the period kinda it's just a pretty, velvety thing. Maybe I can live sorta with that. Maybe. Ask me again next blooming season!