newhaven07
13-05-2007, 05:45 AM
Không ngờ đây là kỷ niệm đầu tiên mình có với UConn. Hôm qua ông xã vừa về nhà đã hồ hởi rủ mình hôm nay lên Storrs để xem Corpse flower nở. Nghe đâu mấy năm trước đã bị hụt một lần nên năm nay phải đi bù cho thỏa chí! Thật tiếc là hoa vẫn chưa nở mấy, nhưng công nhận mùi của nó thì kinh khiếp thật. Nếu mà nó nở to hơn nữa thì chắc mùi còn khủng khiếp hơn. Người ta nói mùi đó giống mùi của "open grave" nhưng chưa bao giờ biết thật sự open grave bốc mùi như thế nào nên cũng không biết có đúng vậy không.
Smell-O-Vision At UConn
May 4, 2007
If you love the smell of rotting roadkill, you're in luck. The University of Connecticut's ecology and evolutionary biology department has nurtured another putrid specimen of titan arum, Amorophophallus Titanum, otherwise known as a corpse flower.
This is must-see horticulture. The corpse flower is a rare and thrilling sight. The giant rain forest plant grows wild in Sumatra, but not often in captivity. One bloomed at UConn in 2004, the first anywhere near Connecticut in more than 60 years. It drew 20,000 visitors to the greenhouse in Storrs and proved that botany can be exciting.
Among the most enthusiastic observers were small boys who came not for the beauty of its red amaryllis-like flower up to 3 feet across, but for its stench of rotting flesh. Go figure.
The latest bud is bigger and better, growing at a rate of four inches a day. At 46.6 inches, it's twice the size of its predecessor. Even if you don't care for the scent, designed to attract pollinating insects, you can't help but admire the science and nurturing that went into this success story.
The greenhouse on North Eagleville Road will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday in case newly minted graduates want to pose with it in their caps and gowns. ("Hurry up and take the picture, Dad - I can't breathe.")
Those who'd rather look than sniff can track the plant's progress on the department website at florawww.eeb.uconn.edu.
Smell-O-Vision At UConn
May 4, 2007
If you love the smell of rotting roadkill, you're in luck. The University of Connecticut's ecology and evolutionary biology department has nurtured another putrid specimen of titan arum, Amorophophallus Titanum, otherwise known as a corpse flower.
This is must-see horticulture. The corpse flower is a rare and thrilling sight. The giant rain forest plant grows wild in Sumatra, but not often in captivity. One bloomed at UConn in 2004, the first anywhere near Connecticut in more than 60 years. It drew 20,000 visitors to the greenhouse in Storrs and proved that botany can be exciting.
Among the most enthusiastic observers were small boys who came not for the beauty of its red amaryllis-like flower up to 3 feet across, but for its stench of rotting flesh. Go figure.
The latest bud is bigger and better, growing at a rate of four inches a day. At 46.6 inches, it's twice the size of its predecessor. Even if you don't care for the scent, designed to attract pollinating insects, you can't help but admire the science and nurturing that went into this success story.
The greenhouse on North Eagleville Road will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on Sunday in case newly minted graduates want to pose with it in their caps and gowns. ("Hurry up and take the picture, Dad - I can't breathe.")
Those who'd rather look than sniff can track the plant's progress on the department website at florawww.eeb.uconn.edu.