Flower Smells facts
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Plague doctors in the 17th century wore a bird-like mask filled with dried flowers and spices to keep away bad smells, which were thought to be the principal cause of disease. This was later disproved by Germ Theory.
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Pawpaw, the largest edible fruit native to North America is pollinated by flies because the flowers smell like rotting meat, the fruit tastes like a banana/mango
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what flower smells the best?
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The *Dracula simia* is a type of orchid where the arrangement of column, petals and lip strongly resembles a monkey's face. The flowers are fragrant and smell like a ripe orange.
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Flowers of meadowsweet are often used for the preparation of potpourris (mixtures of dried flowers which release pleasant smell).
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Boxwood blooms during the spring. Flowers emit pleasant smell which attracts insects (such as bees), which are responsible for the pollination of this plant.
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Rowan blooms from May to June. Flowers emit strong, sweet smell which attracts bees, flies and beetles, main pollinators of this plant.
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There is a plant that grows and even flowers completely underground, in Western Australia. The "underground orchid" was only discovered because of the smell it was giving from the ground alerted a farmer.
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Titan arum is also known as "corpse flower" due to unpleasant smell of the flowers.
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Kapok tree opens its flowers during the night. Flowers emit unpleasant smell which attracts bats, main pollinators of this species.
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Plague doctors filled the beaks of their masks with "sweet smelling" things like herbs and flowers because they believed that the plague was spread through "bad air".
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There is a tree which produces white flowers which are infamous for smelling exactly like semen
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Australian WWII Coastwatchers were code-named "Ferdinand" after a bull from a famous children's story - just as Ferdinand the bull only wanted to sit and smell flowers, it was the job of the "Ferdinands" to sit and gather information inconspicuously
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Flowers of Greek valerian are used for the manufacture of potpourris (mixtures of dried, fragrant plants used to provide pleasant smell in the house).
Wisteria blooms during the spring and summer. Flowers of some wisteria emit grape-like smell. Bees and hummingbirds are responsible for the pollination of these plants.
Coyote brush is dioecious plant, which means that each shrub produces either male or female flowers arranged in leafy panicles (multi-branched inflorescence). Male plants produce short, flattish yellow flower heads composed of 20 to 30 flowers that emit shaving soap-like smell. Female plants produce elongated whitish-green flower heads composed of 14 to 39 flowers.
Bumblebees use sense of smell to detect flowers rich in nectar. Sense of smell is located on the antennas on the head.
Titan arum emits pungent smell, which resembles the smell of rotting meat, to attract dung and sweat beetles and flesh flies, which are responsible for the pollination of the flowers. Plant also produces heat (via degradation of carbohydrates) to intensify the smell of the flowers.
What flower smells the best?
Flowers of angel trumpet have pleasant smell that is especially strong during the night. Angel trumpet needs to attract moths (main pollinators of the flowers) that are active during the night).
How do flowers smell?
Black cohosh blooms from May to July. Flowers emit fetid smell which attracts flies, gnats and various beetles, responsible for the pollination of this plant.
Yarrow develops miniature white, reddish or pink flowers arranged in terminal inflorescences, shaped like rounded or flat heads. They are usually 2 to 4 inches wide. Flowers smell like chrysanthemum. Yarrow blooms from May to June. Flowers attract butterflies, ladybugs and hoverflies.
There is a pungent species of pear tree called Pyrus Calleryana which (during its flowering stage) is known for smelling of either chlorine, rotting flesh or semen.
Flowers of common smilax have carrion-like smell which attracts flies, main pollinators of this plant.
Spadix emits smell of rotting meat which attracts insects responsible for the pollination. Spadix increases temperature (it can be 15 degrees warmer compared to its environment) to intensify unusual aroma of this plant. When owl-midges (type of moth flies responsible for the pollination) land on spadix, they end up trapped in the hairs. Before they find a way to escape, owl-midges collect pollen that will be transferred to the female flowers during the next visit of lords-and-ladies.