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Good thing smell-o-vision isn't installed yet! Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia macrophylla), native to eastern United States, has flowers that reportedly smell like rotten meat to lure and imprisons pollinators before releasing them. #freakyflora
🌽➡️🧛♂️??? In this final edition of #FreakyFlora, Conservation Programs Specialist Maeve Bassett explains how the introduction of corn into European diets may have led to the creation of the #vampire myth and #CountDracula. 🧛♂️🩸👻 #dracula #vampires #plantfacts
Happy Halloween plant lovers! It's easy to take them for granted, but if we look closely there are so many species with spooky features & uses. What is your favourite #FreakyFlora? #Plantscience #Plants #Halloween2022 6/6
In this week's #FreakyFlora, Conservation Programs Specialist Maeve Bassett talks about the different types of #carnivorousplants and their adaptations, from classics like the Venus flytrap to pitcher plants that digest shrew poop. 💩 #carnivorousplant #plantfacts #butterwort
Our Freaky Flora self-guided walk is getting a lot of attention! Alysia Gray Painter wrote a chilling review of our Halloween walk for NBC LA nbclosangeles.com/the-scene/find… #laarboretum #laarboretummembers #botanicgarden #nature #freakyflora #laparents #walkingtours #halloween
Look 👀 but maybe don't touch 🚫👆 In this week's edition of #FreakyFlora, Conservation Programs Specialist Maeve Bassett talks about the beautiful #ginkgo tree and its not-so-pleasant fruit, which is known to cause blisters if touched. 😬 #ginkgotree #ginkgobiloba #plantfacts
What's that smell? 🤢🪰 Join Conservation Programs Specialist Maeve Bassett for this week's edition of #FreakyFlora to learn about the Garden's putrid-smelling giant, the corpse flower! #corpseflower #titanarum #plantstagram
Celebrate the spookiest month of the year by learning about the darker side of plants! 👻 In this week's edition of #FreakyFlora, Conservation Programs Specialist Maeve Bassett explains how figs serve as the female fig wasp's final resting place. ⚰️😱 #plantfacts
Explore our Freaky Flora self-guided tour and encounter the Dragon Tree (Dracaena draco). When this tree is cut its sap runs blood red, and in ancient times this resin was believed to have magical and medicinal properties. #laarboretummembers #freakyflora #nature #dragontree
The Jack-o-lantern is one freaky fungi! Poisonous AND it does this: bit.ly/1ts5mnc #ONWild #freakyflora
Freaky Flora: From A To Z beassmartasmaster.cf/ctn/0971905363… #freakyflora Via @Stupid_Learner RT @sumcara
All leaves are not created equal. #freakyflora @ United States Miltary Academy instagram.com/p/q90tcuvFHN/
Att all #fogheads and #garden lovers: tune into @KFOGRadio at 8:10 am to hear @sunsetmag's #gardengirl @johanna_silver talk #freakyflora.
Place these Venus flytraps on your table to enjoy dinner and a bit of a show. ow.ly/pCcbI #FreakyFlora
Not your average tulip: the Queen of the Night variety is one of the darkest on the market. ow.ly/pAD1Y #FreakyFlora
MT Cool! @sunsetmag @ThisOldHouse Place bat lilies around your house for frightening effect. ow.ly/pxGDh #FreakyFlora
This Halloween, place these bat lilies around your house for a frightening effect. ow.ly/pxGDh #FreakyFlora
RT @sunsetmag Plant these carnivorous pitcher plants, and enjoy a bug-free home. ow.ly/pu8BG #FreakyFlora