#titan arum

[olessan]

I've been dropping in on the Sydney Botanic Gardens' titan arum (corpse flower) live stream and it gets less hinged by the hour, especially now that Putricia (the flower is named Putricia) has begun to bloom

At time of posting (5:30pm), she smells like wet socks and dead mice:

Other highlights:

People in the greenhouse are taking selfies with the plant but also the livestream camera

There is a discord server, apparently mostly comprised of the people who've been in the chat for 3 days straight

Aformentioned people formed a community of like 50-200 chatters until Putricia started blooming and the viewers and chat exploded to like 9k people ⠀

There are what appear to be Prayers to Putricia™, consisting of: WWTF (we watch the flower), BBTF (blessed be the bloom), WDNRP (we do not rush Putricia), WDNEP (we do not eat Putricia), and now WSTF (we smell the flower)

Faithfuls frequently post these to spread the word of Putricia

They have dubbed themselves the Children of the Corm:

Yesterday someone asked if Putricia's petals had started to open/bloom yet, and without fail 50% of chat immediately made innuendo jokes about their """""petals""""" opening, but that it depended on their personal humidity, who was touching the petals, and if the time was right for petal opening ⠀

Every 3rd time someone stands dead centre in front of the camera's FOV sufficient to block the view, chat starts 1: speculating on how tall they are (one guy was erroneously thought to be 7ft tall), and 2: immediately switch priorities to telling them to duck ⠀

a lot of people are waving at the camera and goofing off in the 3 minutes they have in the greenhouse with Putricia

A guy and his kid signed in AUSLAN at the camera ⠀

loads of fart jokes now that Putricia is starting to dutch oven everyone

[eunnuiphyte]

Today Putricia finally bloomed! So lucky so happy I got to see her 💖

Blessed Be The Bloom

Plant ID: Amorphophallus titanum (Titan Arum, Corpse Flower, Bunga Bangkai)

[birdzman]

ok hi guys

this is what took me what, 3 months?? and i dont even have anything in defense of myself

[smolplonts]

already had a trip into Sydney planned and got to see Putricia in person.

hopefully she blooms tomorrow, so I still have a chance to see her again before I leave.

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Queen Chrysalis is regarding a Titan Arum bloom and also a Titan Arum producing its red seeds.

(These flowers really do smell bad, by the way. It's to attract flies as pollinators.)

At the Eden Project, in Cornwall, England.

[alexanderpearce]

x

[stealthflower]

We were lucky enough to see the corpse flower just about to bloom at the botanic gardens here this morning.

They’ve apparently named her Putricia; great name!

[beamiesbuddies]

🍷🕷️🥀 Corpse Flower Girl! 🥀🕷️🍷

💚Carnivorous Girls Line 5/6: Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum)💚 Found only in Sumatra. The largest unbranched inflorescence (flower cluster) in the world. Blooming on average every 5-10 years; columnar spadix heats up to human body temparature & gives off the odor of decaying flesh to attract pollinators.

[shewassaying]

"Shall we write a masterpiece?" 💛🖊️

Our Velox Fabula VN TITAN ARUM is out NOW!

"Stepping away from your ghostwriting job for the first time in years, you have the opportunity to finally write your own story– in more ways than one."

Titan Arum features:

💛 3 LIs

💛 27k words

💛5 endings

💛3 Unlockable CGs

💛 and an Original Soundtrack

You can download it here!: shewassaying.itch.io/titanarum

[minthe-drawings]

Commission for @/MoriBerri

Commission for @/horchataheaux

Commission for @/Celestial__Bun

[galusaurus]

✨Mutation March, day 4 - narwhal✨

This has me thinking how badass a dress inspired by a titan arum in bloom would be. 🤩

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

The nursery has a titan arum! This is one big leaf.

[wsjyuyuyuau]

Dio Brando (JJBA)

Name: Dio Brando

Series: JJBA

Gender: Male

Status: Alive

Family: Who Knows How Many Descendants, Giorno Giovanna amongst them

Flower Motif: Corpse Flower/Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum)

Flower Meaning: Destruction

Weapon of Choice: Sickle Claws (They attach to his hands)

Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club

Hero Form Appearance: An absolutely chilling hybrid of a golden vampire getup and YuYuYu’s Hero Form outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a solid black so the gold, green, and other colors can stand out more. The main outift is a solid gold, with accents of green, silver, and crimson red so that the gold doesn’t become overpowering. The boots, cape, and the wristbands have the Corpse Flower motif- the petal shape and the color- light green on the outside, dark purple on the inside. And Dio keeps his green heart accessories- even though they have embellishments themed around the Titan Arum.

Full Bloom Gauge Location: Left Elbow

Guardian: Strigo (Based on the Strigoi)

Favorite Food: Red Wine and Blood Oranges

Parallel To: None

Bio: The ancient nemesis of the Joestar family, Dio Brando forsook his humanity to become a vampire in a bid to rule over the world as a god. He was thought destroyed after a fight to the death with Jotaro's ancestor, Johnathan Joestar, but not only did the now-named DIO survive his brush with death; he now has a Stand called "The World", which allows him to halt the flow of time itself.

[most-datable-datable-bracket]

ROUND 2 MATCH 21

Xyx propaganda:

“He's funny he's depressed he's an adrenaline junkie he has a cat he has the hottest voice on earth”

“Actually basically everyone from this game should be submitted but. He has a cat that he accidentally adopted and stray cat and fails miserably at pretending not to care about it while also talking about it every two seconds. He's just so funny and he makes a discord bot to compliment the two of you and. Idk I'm bad with words but I have a soft spot for him”

“my silly little guy who has some bad times. adopts a cat to basically encourage himself to stay alive because if HE doesnt take care of the cat then who will. also his cat's name is Cat. a real naming genius that one. makes a whole bot for the server called hypebot whos main thing was just hyping himself up but will also compliment/flirt with you. i think hes basically never joined a call in the server and no ones seen what he looks like except for the other LIs and the player on mainly his route but he also appears in another. i love him hes so lame /pos”

Aster propaganda:

No Aster propaganda :(

[otomevibes]

Top Otomes of 2023

It's that time again! Normally this list is just whatever I played in the year and not new releases, but uh, for once I pretty much only played new releases lol. I'm gonna be honest, I hardly remember what I played because it's been a Year for me. But looking back, these are what stood out!

Norn9 Last Era

Look, I felt the need to add Norn9 on here in some capacity because it was one of the first big otome titles I played way back in 2015. I've been wanting the fandisc ever since, and getting it felt like a dream come true. If you played Norn9 recently you might enjoy this less, but since it's been a hot minute since I last replayed the original I didn't mind the rehashing of the story through the boys' perspectives and I enjoyed seeing their lives after the events of everything! This also helped with my biggest issue of the OG game; world building. Things were filled out and plot holes fixed and overall, it was nice to be with the cast again!

Titan Arum

I'm not sure I would have found this game if I hadn't joined the Velox Fabula game jam, but I really enjoyed this! Ironically, I also read one of the main inspirations for this game (The King in Yellow) this year as well, so seeing it being referenced was really cool. If you've been here a while, you know horror otomes are some of my favorites and I'm glad to have another one to add to the list of otomes I love!

Intertwine

This was just a feel good game that had my whole heart. Van was a lovely character through all life times, and considering I played it during the Worst Part of the Year for me, it really helped get my mind off things! I also will never shut up about the GUI in this game, it's so beautifully designed and some of the best I've seen in a VN!

Jack Jeanne

Is anyone surprised by my number one lol I was yelling about it for the entire month of July, and it was my most played Switch game of 2023 as well! The characters were fully realized and didn't just feel like the usual archetypes, the art was beautiful, the stories were wonderful (including the stories of the plays), and the music slapped. This game was truly the It Game of the genre this year and for good reason! Kisa is also one of my new favorite protags, she was fantastic. I'm really glad we were able to get an English release for this!

[travelling-my-little-pony]

Rose Garden the Breezie regards the seeds produced by a Titan Arum lily.

At the Eden Project, in Cornwall, England.