I was unlucky enough to smell one of these at the plant nursery I worked at a few months ago. It takes years to bloom and it happened to be opening up during my first week there. It's impossible to describe the stench, it stuck to my t-shirt on the ride home and smells 10 times worse than rotting animal carcasses. I'm glad it closed up a short while after lol.
Hi Mikes Science. I produced this episode of Deep Look. Actually, these corpse flowers would be hard to grow at home, unless you had a big greenhouse with tropical conditions. I wrote about these challenges in this article that accompanies the video: ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/23/this-giant-plant-looks-like-raw-meat-and-smells-like-dead-rat/ Thanks for watching! --Gabriela
Gabriela Quiros hello there. It was a lovely episode and I really enjoyed it. I was being sarcastic about the house plant. Emotions are tough to give off over the internet. I will be sure to read that article later this week though. I’ve always wondered more about the plant but never had time to research it. Keep these videos coming!
I came back to rewatch this and holy y’all been liking it thanks! ima shut up before I get cringey Also I’m not changing it to slug because you want to be the animal encyclopaedia of UA-cam comments
Trimethylamine is fish smell (although that wasn't mentioned in the list lol). People with "Fish Odor Syndrome" are incapable of breaking down this chemical in their food, so it accumulates in the digestive system and eventually seeps out of their pores. This causes them to smell like fish nearly all the time, especially after eating fish. It must be a struggle to live with.. I'm actually really surprised that we haven't developed an enzyme that these people could ingest to allow them to break it down..
That was pretty interesting to know. Earlier today I read about a structural chromosomal abnormality that causes people to make sounds resembling the crying of a cat (Cri du chat syndrome). There are some really weird syndromes out there...
This was pretty interesting and actually you've given me an idea for a research proposal and experiment (I'm required to design one for my biology degree). Thank you for this information! I'll have to research this.
I've seen the plant in documentaries, but they never show its flower and how it works. Once again, you guys brought to light something that is usually overlooked by others.
Exactly, I've seen many documentaries or articles where this plant is mentioned but this is the first time I learn about how its reproductive cycle works.
I still have allot of questions. Half the time a corpse flower is mentioned they speak of something totally different. This: ua-cam.com/video/YxIpl38rsMo/v-deo.html A parasite that lives in liana branches. I wonder if it's like mycelium but no mention of fungal. It seems botanical
See. This flower also lives in my hometown, Bogor, Indonesia. Its in the place called Bogor Botanical Garden. Yes. It stinks. But the smell become more sharpened in here because Indonesia is tropical. The hot makes the smells worse to our nose.
I feel bad for you that not a lot of people like ur comment that year comment is 1 year ago u r more less likes even some of the commenters get a lot of likes
Well... I am from Indonesia. Nice to see my "favourite neighbour" (several plants blossomed outskirt my village in the past years) being talked on my favourite channel. Keep the good work!!!
The smell really similar to a carcass.. however since I used to it, it wasn't much problem lol.. actually it is depend on the size of plant and surrounding area (like weather, wind, or humility). In my case, the smell really strong when it was dry and hot ... in such time, you can smell it from 50 meters away. It will be opposite during wet and rainy days
I actually watched one of these bloom in real time. Cornell University had a livestream of it, leading up to its full bloom. It was extremely fascinating, especially since I didn't have to smell it!
Hi JoJoSoda. I produced this episode of Deep Look. That's a really good question! I posed it to biologist Vanessa Handley, the director of collections and research at the University of California Botanical Garden, in Berkeley, California. (She appears towards the end of the video). Vanessa told me that the fruit of the corpse flower has no scent. "This holds for my experience across the other members of this family (Araceae)," she said. "Their fruit is often colorful, pulpy and sweet, which is attractive to frugivores (rodents, birds, etc.) that disperse the seed. In fact one relative, Monstera deliciosa, has delicious fruit that I enjoyed as kid when we lived in the tropics." Thank you for watching. Cheers, Gabriela
Weird seeing those little strings of pollen being produced! I've heard of this flower before but I never knew so much about it until now. Thanks Deep Look! :)
Captain Levi: ok class look at this plant Armin: aww cool wats it called? Captain Levi: Titan arum Eren:what? WHAT DID U SAY?!?! Captain Levi: great Eren: TITANS KILL THEM ALL!!!!
In Bangladesh, we eat a very related species of the same genus called "elephant foot yam". It produces flowers like this but shorter and a little bit different with the same smell and produces exactly the same looking berries. We eat the corms of this plant like taro. It has a gigantic root similar in taste to the potato.
I hate the way flies just rub their front hands together
It's like they're *PLOTTING* something
Because it’s Jeff Gloldbloom
Cool Cheese Same here
Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about. 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂
They are plotting. Plotting on where to spit their maggots.
Yeah. Like,sis,you only live for a few days 🤧
Intellectual: pollination
Me: FLOWER NUT
😂😂
U r correct sir 😎
Keeps disturbing relatives away.
SAME
Oh god😂😂
1:15
*The real irony is the male flowers look like eggs and the female flowers look like... y'know...*
Shinigami Kitsune that’s a wacky mind you’ve got there
@@advancedsoldier8569
XD
A duck? :D
@@sneaky_sasquatchh *nO, a wHaLe*
How the futanari was created...
I was unlucky enough to smell one of these at the plant nursery I worked at a few months ago. It takes years to bloom and it happened to be opening up during my first week there. It's impossible to describe the stench, it stuck to my t-shirt on the ride home and smells 10 times worse than rotting animal carcasses. I'm glad it closed up a short while after lol.
Ewwww
The Matrix has you.
Bs
Lauren at the end: “Hi it’s Lauren!”
Me: HII LAUREN
IT'S THE SNAIL
-XD-
@@ixion_cyb
ITS THE SLUG
--XD--
Same, I nearly introduced myself 😆
Hi yanny
Shoutout to the cute slug in the end~
加藤みずっち Yeah it was adorable 😁
@The guy that plays FORTNITE dude stop hating
@The guy that plays FORTNITE 👌
The guy that plays FORTNITE you don’t have to be the owner to make shout outs
@The guy that plays FORTNITE r/whoooosh
Seems like a great house plant
Hi Mikes Science. I produced this episode of Deep Look. Actually, these corpse flowers would be hard to grow at home, unless you had a big greenhouse with tropical conditions. I wrote about these challenges in this article that accompanies the video: ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/23/this-giant-plant-looks-like-raw-meat-and-smells-like-dead-rat/ Thanks for watching! --Gabriela
Gabriela Quiros hello there. It was a lovely episode and I really enjoyed it. I was being sarcastic about the house plant. Emotions are tough to give off over the internet. I will be sure to read that article later this week though. I’ve always wondered more about the plant but never had time to research it. Keep these videos coming!
Mikes Science
Great to keep out the intruders
make people confused if its just a corpse plant or my dead body stash
Try growing amorphophallus konjac, its smaller cousin. Easy to grow, looks and smells like it but a lot smaller.
Happy Valentine's Da..... Wait.. what's that smell? What are you holding behind your back?
How do you want to hold this giant thing behind your back? :D
New Message this is way too big to hold behind anyone’s back😂😂😂
420th like
Do you think I'm holding a bed?
It's not a flower, it's an actual *dead rat.*
3:50 _Hi it’s Lauren_
Me: *Shes the snail*
😭😂😂👏
Its a slug
Its a slug, not a snail.
I Hear yanny
I came back to rewatch this and holy y’all been liking it thanks!
ima shut up before I get cringey
Also I’m not changing it to slug because you want to be the animal encyclopaedia of UA-cam comments
Corpse flower: *releases pollen*
Me: that sweetcorn is crying
Yes corn
Trimethylamine is fish smell (although that wasn't mentioned in the list lol). People with "Fish Odor Syndrome" are incapable of breaking down this chemical in their food, so it accumulates in the digestive system and eventually seeps out of their pores. This causes them to smell like fish nearly all the time, especially after eating fish. It must be a struggle to live with.. I'm actually really surprised that we haven't developed an enzyme that these people could ingest to allow them to break it down..
That was pretty interesting to know. Earlier today I read about a structural chromosomal abnormality that causes people to make sounds resembling the crying of a cat (Cri du chat syndrome).
There are some really weird syndromes out there...
Cam Good I had a friend like that. At least I think, something else could've been going on though.
Ballin right. Babies with that syndrome apparently sound like a cat screaming when they cry, because of an abnormality in the vocal chords.
This was pretty interesting and actually you've given me an idea for a research proposal and experiment (I'm required to design one for my biology degree). Thank you for this information! I'll have to research this.
Capitalism prevents us to
I've seen the plant in documentaries, but they never show its flower and how it works. Once again, you guys brought to light something that is usually overlooked by others.
Sir Cerolean SO TRUE!!!
Exactly, I've seen many documentaries or articles where this plant is mentioned but this is the first time I learn about how its reproductive cycle works.
Sir Cerolean This thing was on the Simpsons last night and my home town grew one a month ago. Why is this thing following me?
It is a "bunga bangkai", found in Sumatra, Indonesia.
I still have allot of questions. Half the time a corpse flower is mentioned they speak of something totally different. This:
ua-cam.com/video/YxIpl38rsMo/v-deo.html
A parasite that lives in liana branches. I wonder if it's like mycelium but no mention of fungal. It seems botanical
See. This flower also lives in my hometown, Bogor, Indonesia. Its in the place called Bogor Botanical Garden. Yes. It stinks. But the smell become more sharpened in here because Indonesia is tropical. The hot makes the smells worse to our nose.
Destroying it? Not at all. When it blossoms... The garden opens up an exhibition for people
I dont know about that. I have to admit not a fan of this flower. But I rarely found or read about it. Thanks for the info. Gonna check it out soon.
Bunga yg ada di video ini asalnya juga dari Indonesia
Hey Indonesian why don't you all speak in bahasa!😅
+april lia they forgot to their own language.... wait a minute Im indonesian and i think i using english too.
Everybody gangsta till you smell Titan arum even though it's not blooming.
I- 🖐
OH
everybody gangsta til u smell titan arum and u dont have titan arum
@@skrtskrt7289 ew theres a rotting rat in my yard oh no-
@@skrtskrt7289 dinner
That plant is called instead of “corps flower” in dutch “penisplant” also translated as “Dickplant”
What an amazing fact.
Mk
@@SMACKADOOS ur pfp is making ur comment looks sarcastic :v
Gordon Ramsay: this flower is RAW!
It's rotten
*R A W!*
Just like every flower.
I feel bad for you that not a lot of people like ur comment that year comment is 1 year ago u r more less likes even some of the commenters get a lot of likes
Omy god🤣
Okay...the pollen coming out of the male flowers looked alarmingly like a popping pimple 😫
Lol glad im not the one who ia disgusted 😖😖
satisfying
@@sh.raiden speech 100
That's why girls like em. Girls are gross sometimes. Idk why they're obsessed with popping pimples
@@genesis11am it feels gd some times lol
How to confuse vegans
Chill Vibes they are already confused those idiots.
@@chusm3itor998 They already confused those idiots*
@@carnival5925 they're already confused, those idiots!*
Hahaha
I just made it 1k
ok if you look at my username, the flower and i have the same last name-
@@powderedtoastfacekillah734 ikr im so special 😔✌🏼
@@earl7775 its an interesting comment
Arum means......"nice smell"? Or just "smell"? Just guessing here
O-o
guess ur stinky plat frower no loll
I don't know why I watched this. Furthermore, I don't know why I watched the whole thing. It was in my recommendations for some reason. I left a like.
Okay, good for you.
@@siyacer Okay, good for you.
@@ErosionSwords Okay, good for you.
One thing is for certain, this channel doesn't stink. Quality content as always.
avarice seven always!!!!
But could seriously do with some more scientific input.
Ha I see what you did there
UA-cam recommendations sure are great aren’t they
Maybe for you, but for me... It doesn't care how many times I block a channel, it keeps bringing up vids from that channel over and over again.
Oof
It took almost a decade to perfect, something good has to come out of it.
@Senko fan yeah, Am I right???
Baladár wym block a channel?
"The female flowers gets sticky."
*I know, I...know*
@Lia_Plays i agree
Lol
you mean slippery?
yeee🙃😝
oh god no
Imagine what the camera must've smelled like after this
like titan arum
Props to the cameraman for diving into a flower that smells likes a rotting corpse just for this.
K
Lol male flowers look so good they look like corn
Tariq Chickens James and the female flowers looks like male genitalia
And Female looked like gummy worms xD
@@Terezaki_Kuzieri and something else..
*The Forbidden Corn*
@@にちはHYPERSPACE im pretty sure you didnt get what he meant
Leave a like for the fotographers that had to deal with the smell
So the comment has been "hearted" and no replies came for a period of a year?
Foto?
H
photographer*
Maybe they wear a gas mask lol?
I love Lauren's voice, makes the video so gentle
sambaranenko Same :)
3:32 That's Some THICC corn
Cornnnnnn cornnnn
1:57 beware of floating messages that you may find in the forest
Amazing cinematography
Thank you!
Deep Look no, thank you! I love the videos you all post. It's informative and beautiful content
Hi there - thanks for all the kind words! FYI, Deep Look now has a Patreon page! Come join us at www.patreon.com/deeplook.
I read plant as panda was very confused and scared
I did too, lol.
Well... I am from Indonesia. Nice to see my "favourite neighbour" (several plants blossomed outskirt my village in the past years) being talked on my favourite channel.
Keep the good work!!!
Welcome!
Surya Hadiwinatas seneng aku ga sendiri!
Uncomfortable Unicorn
Hello bro ^^
Does it really smell that bad?
How close do you have to get before you can smell it?
The smell really similar to a carcass.. however since I used to it, it wasn't much problem lol.. actually it is depend on the size of plant and surrounding area (like weather, wind, or humility). In my case, the smell really strong when it was dry and hot ... in such time, you can smell it from 50 meters away. It will be opposite during wet and rainy days
It’s amazing how nature can be this wonderful.
I love how that corpse flower began to wilt near the end of this episode. Some of you may not understand it, but to me, this is the plant's final bow.
It must smell like my school food
Anonymous TV somewhere, just now, a lunch lady spontaneously shed a tear...
School food sucks lol
Hi anonymous member
Titan Arum (giant fragrance), great name for something we usually call bunga bangkai (corpse flower).
Bangke! Not bankai
@@kadalijo2806 it's "bangkai" if in bahasa malay..
Lol bangkay is also corpse in Tagalog.
Corpse Flower translated directly would be "Bulaklak na Bangkay"
Titan arum is originated from sumatera indonesia, read wikipedia !!!
I got to see one of these flowers bloom at at the greenhouse from my school. (McMaster) Those things are also huge.
3:36 skiddadle
D'ya hear that, kids? Not all flowers smell good.
2:24 "mhhm yes a dead body to lay my young upon".
Don't mind me. I'm just the new viewer that's spent the past 2 hours watching everything ever made by this channel
welcome to the squad dude.
Your Not a New Viewer Now....Cause It's.... 2019😉
The male flowers kinda look like sweet corn 😂
Sounds like my ex
My ex also has both male and female parts.
UHHHH, WAIT NO, I MEAN-
@@matthewjones6786 transgendah
I thought it said this giant panda and I was like....
What is that thumbnail?!
I don’t know whether I’m impressed or grossed out
I actually watched one of these bloom in real time. Cornell University had a livestream of it, leading up to its full bloom. It was extremely fascinating, especially since I didn't have to smell it!
Your are taking research to a new level. You gonna put new researchers into "Deep Trouble" 😂😂. Standards you set are difficult to match.
Muddasir. Zahoor the info this channel provides is soooo priceless, detail but compact enought to be understood by even common people
The narratorˋs voice is astonishing ....
It happens only once a decade!
Me: and lasts a century?
And lasts for 24 hours
The fly's so cute. It's like he is knowingly shedding the pollen there!😅😋
Dumb question... but what would the fruit taste like? Would it kill someone? or would it taste like a decomposing animal?
Hi JoJoSoda. I produced this episode of Deep Look. That's a really good question! I posed it to biologist Vanessa Handley, the director of collections and research at the University of California Botanical Garden, in Berkeley, California. (She appears towards the end of the video). Vanessa told me that the fruit of the corpse flower has no scent. "This holds for my experience across the other members of this family (Araceae)," she said. "Their fruit is often colorful, pulpy and sweet, which is attractive to frugivores (rodents, birds, etc.) that disperse the seed. In fact one relative, Monstera deliciosa, has delicious fruit that I enjoyed as kid when we lived in the tropics." Thank you for watching. Cheers, Gabriela
Gabriela Quiros that's pretty cool. I love the name, "monstera deliciousa"
I freaking love this channel!
Lovely close ups!🌺
Me: This is disgusting.
*Also Me: Corn?* 1:35
Imagine how strong their dedication to make this video to enlightens us
I can’t wait for more!!!!
All those male flowers look like a big ball of corn!
IKR?
Corn that spew pimple juices...
Nature, you always seem to amaze me!
No one:
Smells dead rat: OOH plants!
The male flower kinda looks like *CORN*
*mE jUsT WaTcHinG tHiS MaKeS mE hAnGrY*
I learned something new!
Reminds me of the plant from Dennis the Menace
New Scene catcher I believe it is! First thing I though of too.
That's the 1st thing that popped to mind so I came looking for this comment
“This Giant Plant Looks Like Raw Meat And Smells Like Dead Rat”
3.7M People: LEts WatCh
Literally no one:
The videos I watch at 3 AM:
Adia Aud yeah same.
Yet you're here.
*Little known fact:* This plant's latin name is Amorphophallus titanum, which translated from Ancient Greek means giant, misshapen, phallus.
isn't phallus Latin?
@@premchand828 Latin phallus, itself borrowed from Greek φαλλός (phallos) to be more precise.
Next time my misses says why dont I buy flowers or her.
I am gonna get this for her.
Weird seeing those little strings of pollen being produced! I've heard of this flower before but I never knew so much about it until now. Thanks Deep Look! :)
Everytime she says 'corpse flower', I think she'll say corpse part
Imagine the flower got a stand
Imagine being the dude who waited for an entire decade to see the flower bloom only to be greeted with the smell of a rotten rat.
Fly: Eww what is this sticky yellow stuff I can't take it off.
Hei, Deep Look! I am always coming here to look at the new posts and leaving with a fresh smile! Thank you!
Thanks!
So when the plant itself rots, does it smell better or worse?
*says titan*
*me:thinks of attack on titan*
the brain washing is real...
AHHHHHHH! FLOWER TITAN
I was on an astronomy binge, and my dyslexia made me read "Planet" instead of "Plant."
“This planet looks like raw meat, and smells like a dead rat” 😂 I read that too.
2:56 eeewwww looks like when you pop a pimple
Who else thought dirty on this video?
There’s one in the botanical gardens in Glasgow, it bloomed last year
Are you gonna lick it?
And there is plenty in my country
the level of quality in these videos is simply amazing. I can't imagine how much effort you guys put into them, I just love them
Thanks! it takes 6-8 weeks to make each episode.
This plant is so unique and interesting,such a shame it's endangered 😔
So nobody is talking about this flower being in Denice the Menace in the 90s, man I feel old.
I legit thought the thumbnail was something else
.....and you clicked it thinking it was that? RIP
I thought the *"Rafflesia"* Is the corpse flower?
They're not the only species that rely on corpse-like smell
same, but apparently it isn’t.
What a disgustingly beautiful flower! :D You guys should talk about more large plants, when it's possible.
wow my grandparents sure have lots of these in their basement yet they don't want me to see them
Uhhhh what do th-they lo-look l-ike?😨😨
@@superiordarwin9063 I don't know, but they are very protective of the basement so I can't see the collection
@@commenter3002 hmmmm so u now the number 911?
i can think of so many dirty jokes just from this video
This is how I'm gonna show my kids how babies are made.
If u Can even find a wife 😂
Amorphophallus titanum.
I clicked on this expecting Rafflesia
I'm just imagining the camera man pinching his nose while filming
Captain Levi: ok class look at this plant
Armin: aww cool wats it called?
Captain Levi: Titan arum
Eren:what? WHAT DID U SAY?!?!
Captain Levi: great
Eren: TITANS KILL THEM ALL!!!!
This.
Should be in a comic dub
Deadendassassin . . . Lol
Cwinge
@@ungayumungus8785 h e y
K i d
Ever heard of
*Uno Reverse*
k
Flower power
*Looks like raw mean, and smells like dead rat*
*Mr Stark..I don’t feel so good* 🤢
meat*
3:43 me immediately after bed
The male flowers looks like corn 😆
haha
i hope its not become popcorn haha😆😆
*My recommendations are getting worse and worse everyday.*
This sort of channel is why I'm glad we have UA-cam, so fascinating 🙂🙏🏻
I love your channel and videos ❤️
AYYY YOU GUYS REPLIED TO ME AGAIN 😁
I love this channel. They make it so fun to watch and learn about nature
Plot twist: it is a dead rat and the vegans have become carnivorous
In Bangladesh, we eat a very related species of the same genus called "elephant foot yam". It produces flowers like this but shorter and a little bit different with the same smell and produces exactly the same looking berries. We eat the corms of this plant like taro. It has a gigantic root similar in taste to the potato.