Mia and I are going to see the uconn CORPSE FLOWER tomorrow (tuesday)

[FuSoYa]

The burning question: Will Mia EAT a piece of the corpse flower??? This thread to be updated with the answer VERY SHORTLY!

http://www.news.uconn.edu/2004/jun2004/rel04065.htm

 

[coelacanth_M]

you know, i was actually discussing on another messageboard whether they would get mad at me for taking a tiny slice and eating. :-/

problem is, i would probably get caught red-handed on the webcam. toby, maybe you can stand in front of the camera while i eat?

 

[coelacanth_M]

also, we should determine if the corpse flower is poisonous first, huh?

 

[FuSoYa]

omg are you going to force me to try a piece of the corpse flower??
i bet the answer = yes

 

[coelacanth_M]

i hope it's not poisonous because this is a super rare opportunity!

 

[coelacanth_M]

no, you don't have to eat.
just block, okay? <3

 

[FuSoYa]

i can totally block the webcam, but I bet they have guards.

 

[coelacanth_M]

oh come on. there's no such thing as a corpse flower guard!

or i guess... maybe. there was that one tree serial killer who poisoned this giant ancient oak tree once and made everyone cry. i guess someone could have similar plans fo rthe corpse flower.

 

[Firedwarf]

There's usually a skinny bald guy with glasses and a nametag standing near the flower when I check the webcam, so.. look out for him. Hopefully the thing will bloom by tomorrow.

 

[FuSoYa]

Skinny and bald doesn't sound very imposing, fortunately. Also, it's a greenhouse so his glasses are probably constantly fogged-up and he can't see.
Speaking of fogged up glasses, I bet he has an unhealthy obsession with the corpse fllower, i.e. when no one's looking he puts his hand over the webcam and strokes the giant 6 foot shlonglike stamen repeatedly (glasses fogging up to a greater degree).

 

[FuSoYa]

PS I decided I hate that guy

 

[xfer]

I'm waiting with bated breath. Seriously.

 

[coelacanth_M]

i guess some people in indonesia actually eat this flower anyway? (but the berries seem to be poisonous)

i found this:

PHILLIPS: So is there anything that we can take from it, you know, like for example, some plants we can get remedies from for sicknesses, or you know, make -- is there anything that comes from this plant that potentially could be interesting?

TRAGER: Well, that -- potentially. There is a lot of research yet to be done. We do know that many members of this family are edible. So there may be a potential food source there.

PHILLIPS: Really?

TRAGER: Yes.

PHILLIPS: Smelling that badly?

TRAGER: The tuber is edible, as well as parts of the flower.

PHILLIPS: Have you ever tasted it?

TRAGER: No.

PHILLIPS: What does it -- do you know what it tastes like? Has anyone described it to you?

TRAGER: Oh, I understand that the spadic (ph) was cooked up with chilies and chicken in parts of Indonesia, but I haven't tried it.


PHILLIPS: Oh, my goodness. And when you cook it, does the smell go away, does it get worse?

TRAGER: It probably goes away. But I don't know, I haven't tried it.

 

[coelacanth_M]

haha, i like how that philips guy is sooo curious about what it tastes like, but the other guy is getting really annoyed: "i don't know. i haven't tried it."

 

[FalseTodd]

Skinny and bald doesn't sound very imposing, fortunately.

then again, neither does 5'5" and 5'1" or whatever

 

[FuSoYa]

oh yeah well neither does operation shirt and red beard so there

 

[lizard]

how a "i'd like to eat a corpse flower" thread can devolve into a nanny nanny nyahhhhh ...

 

[mindspell]

You're all pussies...

Except for lizard, he'd scare the ugly out of Randall 'Tex' Cobb..

 

[xfer]

if Mia suddenly grew six inches, yes, I would find that exceedingly imposing.

 

[coelacanth_M]

http://titanarum.uconn.edu/

!!!

notice that:

1. the corpse flower hasn't bloomed yet
2. the skinny, bald, bespectacled corpse flower guard is standing there do you think maybe he gets corpse flower lunch break?