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27 Oct 18 - 11:51 AM (#3958733) Subject: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: GUEST,Morphy the Corpse Flower (Dartmouth College) Sumatra is the home of the Corpse Flower. However, Dartmouth College in the state of New Hampshire has a specimen at the college greenhouse. Rarely blooms or puts out a leaf; relies on its odor to attract pollinators. Morphy the Corpse Flower at the Dartmouth College greenhouse is getting ready to bloom just in time for Halloween. |
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27 Oct 18 - 12:01 PM (#3958738) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: GUEST,keberoxu Actually, the poster of the original post above is stinky ol' keberoxu. I apologize -- cookie confusion. |
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27 Oct 18 - 12:14 PM (#3958740) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: keberoxu that's that straightened out ... This link from Dartmouth College is NOT the webcam (I had trouble getting that to link just now) but a time-lapse video of the last time Morphy put on a show. And yes, it's pretty weird. But might it inspire a song? |
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27 Oct 18 - 02:14 PM (#3958766) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: Jack Campin We have one of them in Edinburgh Botanic Gardens - I saw it when it flowered a while ago, though it was a couple of days past its peak pong. There were huge queues - must have been way more popular than Trump's inauguration. |
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27 Oct 18 - 02:33 PM (#3958770) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: GUEST,keberoxu see: "peak pong" rhymes with "song" ... |
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27 Oct 18 - 08:08 PM (#3958823) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: GUEST,gecko There is one in the Botanical Gardens in tropical Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Here is a snippet from an article in the local rag: "Stink aside, Titan Arum also holds claim to one of the most unusual – and amusing – scientific names in the plant world; Amorphophallus Titanum means ‘misshapen giant penis’. Cairns Botanic Gardens made national headlines last year with the blooming of a 282cm, record-breaking Titan Arum named Spud in January last year. Spud’s olfactory assault drew hundreds of curious families, visitors and photographers keen to catch the corpse flower in action (Titan Arum flowers typically close within two days of opening.)" I wasn't fortunate to witness this marvel of Mother Nature but hope to another time. YIU gecko |
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29 Oct 18 - 07:53 AM (#3959037) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: Nigel Parsons Corpse Flower Morphy finally is blooming, Just in time for Hallows’ eve Six-foot stalk, described as ‘looming’ With a stench you’d not believe. Titan Arum comes to flower Just in time for treat or trick It will awe you with its power Looking like a six foot dick And I think I ought to mention That this plant’s carniv’rous too. Let’s be glad it isn’t sentient, Just remember ‘Audrey II’ (no set tune, but scansion matches the hymn "Bright the vision that delighted") |
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29 Oct 18 - 11:38 AM (#3959070) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: GUEST,keberoxu Nigel Parsons, I bow to you. Feed me. Feed me. Feed me, Seymour ... |
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29 Oct 18 - 12:02 PM (#3959073) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: Nigel Parsons "Does it have to be blood? Does it have to be human? Does it have to be MINE?" |
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29 Oct 18 - 12:12 PM (#3959079) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: Nigel Parsons Top up your botanic knowledge. Join the crowds that daily come For the sight at Dartmouth College Amorphophallus Titanum. (final line has one syllable too many, use 'amor' over a single note) |
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31 Oct 18 - 06:48 PM (#3959472) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: keberoxu Now, THAT scansion -- see, I don't know "Bright the vision that delighted" -- reminds me of Tantum Ergo Sacramentum ... |
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01 Nov 18 - 10:11 AM (#3959514) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: Charley Noble Great start! |
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01 Nov 18 - 11:42 AM (#3959532) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: Nigel Parsons Just looked it up, rather than relying on memory. Hymn tune for "Bright The Vision" is Laus Deo |
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02 Nov 18 - 11:23 AM (#3959724) Subject: RE: Halloween Song Challenge: Corpse Flower From: keberoxu refresh for El Día de los Muertos. que viva?? |