These plants smell like rotten meat — Now we know how they do it From the aptly-named carrion flower to the stinking corpse lily, these plants thrive through disgusting odors ...

Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.

Flowers across at least three stinky families share a similarly evolved genetic pathway to carrion ... In the case of carrion mimicry, however, plants are generally tricking their insect visitors.

From the aptly-named carrion flower to the stinking corpse lily, these plants thrive through disgusting odors. advertisement. Salon. These plants smell like rotten meat — Now we know how they do it.