What's that smell? Giant corpse flower blooms in Texas 什麼味道？！原來是德州的巨大屍臭花…
(CNN)-No
better way to spend Friday the 13th than sniffing a flower that smells like
rotting flesh.
Visitors
to Moody Gardens in Galveston Island, Texas, can do just that through the end
of the weekend as Morticia, a giant corpse flower, goes into full bloom.
(CNN)-在13號星期五這天聞那爛肉味的花是再適合不過的了。
來到德州蓋維斯頓，慕迪花園的遊客，可以藉此度過這個周末，剛好是巨大屍臭花- Morticia(其名字有死亡之意)盛開的時候。
Morticia
is an Amorphophallus titanum -- the world's largest flowering
plant, native to Indonesia -- which gives off a very unpleasant odor. It often
grows to a height of more than 10 feet tall, and its rotten smell is most
pronounced at dusk. (Fun fact: The plant's Latin name translates to "huge
deformed penis!")
Morticia是一種巨花魔芋，是世界最大的開花植物，原生地在印尼，會散發出非常難聞的惡臭，它可以長到高於10英尺，而它大部分在黃昏時發出腐爛的味道。(有趣的事實是，這個植物的拉丁名字則翻譯成「巨大的畸形生殖器」)
And people
will flock to it. Moody Gardens is holding special viewing hours through 8 p.m.
local time Sunday for folks to enjoy Morticia's unique aroma.
而人們會聚集前來看它。慕迪花園在當地星期天晚上八點特別開放參觀，讓民眾享受Morticia獨特的氣味。
"I am
just in awe. She certainly is prettier than any other plant I've ever
seen," said Donita Brannon, Moody Gardens' horticulture exhibit manager.
So why
does this plant stink?
慕迪花園的園藝展示經理Donita
Brannon說：「我心生敬畏，它無疑是我見過，比其他植物都還美的花。」
那為什麼這植物會發臭呢？
The
plant's rotting flesh smell helps it lure carrion beetles and sweat flies (up
to an acre away) that are attracted to the smell of decomposition. The insects
bring pollen from other plants they've visited, thereby pollinating the corpse
flower plant.
這植物的爛肉味可以幫助它引來會受腐爛味道吸引的吃腐肉甲蟲和蒼蠅(至少可以到一畝地以外)。這些昆蟲會帶著它停留過的植物的花粉，因此可以幫屍臭花授粉。
The corpse
flower at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory bloomed in July 2013. It had
lived at the garden since 2007.
在美國溫室植物園的屍臭花在2013年7月開花，它自從2007年就生長在那個花園裡了。
