The D.C. Botanical Gardens are absolutely stunning and worth a visit, even if you miss the short window for smelling the incredibly wretched stench of the aptly named Corpse Flower.

Highly recommend a trip.

They’re the ones driving past the mutilated White House on their day to day. The reminders of his awfulness likely hits harder for them because they get the full visual on his lack of respect for American things.

I live on capitol hill and often walk down the mall for my daily exercise. I don't really follow the news so I had no idea the "state" fare was going on. What I did see was heavily armed guards and fences in a normally open area with loads of tourists specifically not going to the fare.

I think the armed national guard scared them off. Anyways, here's a photo of the B2 that flew over that day.

That was beautiful. 🥹

I think I just heard George Takei say "oh my" off in the distance. Did anyone else hear that?

if your german based and want a variant of such a plant, dm me. i will send you seeds in autumn. they propagate quite fast, and i don't want to throw them away.

i have not yet seen the phase where it blooms (and stinks) and i have them about four to five years...

the plant(amorphallus titan) is also rare and endangered, which along side the rafflesia a parasitic plant which is rarer sine it grow on specific vines and have a very unusual growth cycle, which lives in the same region also uses the same method to attract flies.

the corpse plant is related to you calla lily, and some other plants that produces a rotting smell.

The plant smells better than the diapers

We love when this community is just US politics. Yes you elected a bad leader, we get it. Choose better next time.

I don't know what bumping uglies means, and I'm scared to ask...

I like how that was paraphrased.

We've got one of those out here on the west coast. I think in Danville? Anyways you smell one corpse flower, you spend the rest of your life with lavendar on your face just in case you accidentally angel another