Cabbage patch

by Todd Bielby

Gallery: FloraPosted March 20, 201264 views7 comments

Skunk cabbage bloom...very strange looking.
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7 comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on March 21, 2012 at 1:56 AM

Very interesting, and I would agree with you - strange looking.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 21, 2012 at 1:00 PM

I like the capture, but, that is one ugly bud in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by David Schwaegler on March 21, 2012 at 10:33 PM

Well, it's supposed to look (and smell) like dead meat to attract flies as pollinators. I wonder if any visited while you were photographing this.

Well done.

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Comment posted by Philip Schwarz on March 22, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Nice capture of the skunk cabbage.

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Comment posted by Todd Bielby on March 23, 2012 at 1:28 AM

David, no flies the day I took this but I went back the next day and was photographing some early spring leaves with the skunk cabbage in the background and the flies were all over the place. I went over and smelled the leaves and to me it smell more like a strong garlic them rotten meat.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 23, 2012 at 10:14 PM

Hi Todd

Thanks for sharing this fine and unusual image with us.. too bad you can't send us the odors from this plant!!:

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on March 25, 2012 at 4:12 PM

Cool looking creature for sure, very other worldly !Good on you for seeing and getting close to this bud to get a shot. A treat to see.

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