dubious bloom
repulses forest floor
languid fat insects
All photos by Catherin J Pascal Dunk 2026 (carrion lily at Cairns Botanical Garden)
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Nicely done, C! 👍 I’ve never seen this plant before. The insect was walking on its petals.
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Thanks Y! It was such a bizarre plant! It’s supposed to smell bad for the first 24 hours after it opens, but I couldn’t smell anything…
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You’re most welcome, C! It really is a bizarre one, and it gives off a bad smell. I wouldn’t want to plant one…
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these kinds of things draw a lot of visitors to botanical gardens here in Oz
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That’s great 👍 I guess they really like attracting visitors…
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It’s good for people to enjoy nature and feel connected to it
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I completely agree. Enjoying nature and feeling connected to it is very great, and it lets us pause to appreciate its beauty. 👍☺️
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and also, we’re more likely to care for it when we feel connected, and to fight for its protection
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I completely agree about protecting plants. It’s really important that they be protected. 👍☺️
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plants, animals, the whole biosphere…we need to reduce energy use and fossil fuel use
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I totally agree with you. We need to be conservative by reducing usage. I always turn everything off, and only turn things on when they’re really needed.
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That’s why we travelled for 3 days by train instead of 3 hours by plane. It was actually more expensive though
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That’s very great. 👍
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Thanks
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You’re most welcome. While I was in high school, I used to go home by bus. But, I didn’t like the smell of a burning gas that somehow found its way inside, so I had to take a shower. Also, I don’t like air pollution.
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That sounds like a lot
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I agree, that’s too much for me. I’m glad that electricity-powered cars started appearing since last year in my country. Before, it was all fuel-powered.
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I have a very sensitive nose as well
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Mine is less sensitive, but it still doesn’t like those awful smells. My nose is also sensitive to too much black pepper.
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I’m guessing that bus was run on diesel…it has a very strong smell
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I guess so. I’ve seen some of them even emit black smoke from the bottom of the bus, and that pollutes the air!
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Yes, sounds like diesel to me. We have some cars like that here. My grandfather had an awful one
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You’re right, that bus was indeed using diesel. Modern buses that I’ve seen don’t emit such smoke, but I can imagine it’s powered by fuel.
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Do you sneeze a lot from pepper?
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Yes, I do only as soon as I put the pepper. However, I no longer sneeze if I wait.
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Interesting! Some must be in the air at first
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Indeed! My nose picks up those that are in the air if I breathe right after putting pepper to my dish, and it makes me sneeze.
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It was such a bizarre plant! It’s supposed to smell bad for the first 24 hours after it opens, but I couldn’t smell anything
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At first, I thought it was a black licorice ice cream in a cone.
I must be hungry.
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Lol
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Amazing 😍
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Yes, truly!
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Hmm, thank you 😊
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