如果看过《鬼吹灯》就知道尸香魔芋，HOUSTON的要开了。1889年以来开过100朵，美国开过28朵。一辈子可能就这么一次机会，被熏。

Corpse flower to bloom in Texas

By QMI Agency

Last Updated: July 8, 2010 11:38am
An extremely big, rare and smelly flower is poised to bloom in Houston, Tex., this week.

It\'s called a corpse flower, and it rarely blooms, even in the wild. Only 100 of the endangered plants have ever bloomed in cultivation, the first being in 1889. Only 28 have bloomed in the U.S.

The 29th will spring open any day now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, reports the Houston Chronicle.

The corpse flower — so named for its pungent odour — can grow to 10-feet tall and five-feet wide, making it the largest flower in the world.

When it opens up, it emits a smell like rotting flesh to attract carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies, which pollinate it. It looks like a big green pod, with a giant pinkish endive inside, surrounded by purple.

Its Latin name is Amorphophallus titanum, which roughly translates to giant, shapeless phallus.

The corpse flower at the Houston museum is nicknamed Lois — after a former staff member\'s mother — and weighs 30 lbs.