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Offline parentsfortruth

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Weird yucky plant
« on: July 21, 2013, 11:36:17 PM »
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    • http://www.usbg.gov/return-titan

    Very interesting this plant... and very, very stinky.

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    But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

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    « Reply #1 on: July 22, 2013, 04:15:49 PM »
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    • COOL!!!!

    But I must say, when I think of flower fragrances I think of sweet, soft smells. Not rotting flesh!  :shocked:
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    Weird yucky plant
    « Reply #2 on: July 22, 2013, 04:26:40 PM »
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    • There's a number of malodorous plant species in the world, including at least several native to the US.  I was aware of skunk cabbage but apparently many trillium flowers also smell vile.  Carrion flies act as the pollinators.

    They're not as impressive as Amorphophallus titanum, that's for certain.
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    « Reply #3 on: July 22, 2013, 04:31:11 PM »
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    • Quote from: ShepherdofSheep
    I was aware of skunk cabbage but apparently many trillium flowers also smell vile.


    Yeh! You wouldn't think it out of little trilliums. They have such a charming, elegant look about them. Looks can be decieving!
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    Weird yucky plant
    « Reply #4 on: July 22, 2013, 04:49:53 PM »
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    •  :roll-laugh1:
    Who says God hasn't a sense of humor?
    I'll add this plant to my "Why?" list of questions to ask of Our Lord.
    Does anyone know the purpose of the 17 year locust?  (Sometimes called a cicada.)
    It emerges from the soil for a few days every 17 years to feed, sing, mate, and die.  The rest of the time it is dormant beneath tree roots.
    If God made it, it must do SOMETHING!
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     St. Francis Xavier threw a Crucifix into the sea, at once calming the waves.  Upon reaching the shore, the Crucifix was returned to him by a crab with a curious cross pattern on its shell.  
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