![]() |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
wrote:
: After I saw this photo of an enormous flower ( : http://www.igman.com/misc/fertilizer...our-front-lawn )I had to ask : myself if this plant was for real? Or, was this plant engineered by : humans, and carefully fertilized by super potent miracle grow and other : potent fertilizers. If it's natural, I'd love to have it on my : lawn, you'd agree that it would be great fun to rest your yees on its : large petals while resting on the front porch. It is a natural flower called a 'corpse flower', due to its putrid smell. The smell is probably why the woman in the photo is wearing a gas mask, either for relief from the smell or to make a funny commentary on the smell. We have some of these on campus in the greenhouses. They've bloomed at least twice in the last several years. You really wouldn't want one on your front lawn unless you intend to clear the block whenever it flowers. It doesn't flower often anyways. Definately a special bontanical garden sort of plant. http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/titan/ http://greenhouse.ucdavis.edu/titan/ In fact, the greenhouse and planting container in those photos look mighty familiar. Might in fact be from one of the UC Davis flowering titans. In any case, the whole website strikes me as trollish or at the very least poorly veiled hype. The plant naturally appears that way when it receives proper care and flowers. Overfertilization has nothing to do with it. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Fertilizer numbers | Newbie Bill | General | 3 | July 27th 12 10:11 AM |
Effects of fertilizers on nature | [email protected] | General | 2 | December 14th 05 03:05 AM |
Effects of fertilizers on nature | Victor Martinez | Plants | 2 | December 13th 05 04:56 PM |
Effects of fertilizers on nature | Dogma Discharge | Plants | 0 | December 13th 05 09:47 AM |
Effects of fertilizers on nature | [email protected] | Plants | 0 | December 13th 05 03:56 AM |