Question

Why are some flowers dark reddish brown with a scent like rotting meat?

Answer 1

Carrion flowers, also known as corpse flowers or stinking flowers, are flowers that have a rotten-flesh stench. Pollinators for carrion flowers are largely scavenging flies and beetles. Some plants may briefly imprison insects to guarantee pollen collection and transport.

The world's largest bloom, sometimes known as a monster flower or corpse flower, is impressive in size but not in odour. The delicacy, which can grow to be larger than an adult's trunk and weigh 11 kilogrammes, is found in the Indonesian jungles and smells like rotting flesh.