Helicodiceros muscivorus
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Helicodiceros muscivorus (Dead horse arum lily; syn. Helicodiceros crinitus , Dracunculus crinitus ) is an ornamental plant
native to the northwestern Mediterranean region. It reproduces the stench of rotting meat, attracting carrion-seeking blowflies
which act as pollinator
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One of a rare group of thermogenic plants
, the Dead Horse Arum can raise its temperature by thermogenesis
. This helps to lure flies into the plant to contact its pollen.
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
native to the northwestern Mediterranean region. It reproduces the stench of rotting meat, attracting carrion-seeking blowflies
Blow-fly
Calliphoridae are insects in the Order Diptera, family Calliphoridae...
which act as pollinator
Pollinator
A pollinator is the biotic agent that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or syngamy of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain...
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One of a rare group of thermogenic plants
Thermogenic plants
Thermogenic plants have the ability to raise their temperature above that of the surrounding air. Heat is generated in the mitochondria, as a secondary process of cellular respiration called thermogenesis...
, the Dead Horse Arum can raise its temperature by thermogenesis
Thermogenesis
Thermogenesis is the process of heat production in organisms. It occurs mostly in warm-blooded animals, but a few species of thermogenic plants exist.-Types:...
. This helps to lure flies into the plant to contact its pollen.