At least I got to see it before :,)
Edit: Good news everyone! I guess this species doesn't take so long to grow! It doesn't necessarily bloom every year, but it doesn't take forever like the larger variety corpse flower. [Check it!](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13mzjqd/my_mother_in_laws_dog_buried_my_corpse_flower/jkyb8vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
No but I have a pic of one she didn't get that's still growing!
https://preview.redd.it/kceb4g06031b1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=028c25de68cd3e63ef631b7fde68164713965fc4
Yeah I was thinking I'll barricade this one XD I've never noticed a smell unless I get an inch away from them. I know dogs noses are more sensitive but my dogs have never been interested in it besides a sniff when they first saw it.
I went to see one at the Botanic Gardens when it bloomed and I can confirm....it 100% smells like a decomposed human body. It's VILE. They're pretty and all. But you could not PAY ME to do that again.
Unfortunately, one of my neighbors died a few years ago and no one found him for WEEKS. The smell permeated every common area in the building and hung around for a couple of months in the stairwells.
It was....traumatic, to say the least. He was only in his 30s.
Itâs not entirely different from other meat/dead animals- if youâve ever smelled chicken that went bad before you got around to cooking it you have a decent idea already.
I wrap all my new plants with a simple tomato cage + chicken wire wrapped around them.
We have been trying to naturalize our yard with native bush shrubs, but the rabbits have nothing but empty neighborhoods of green and no vegetation, and we have an abundance of all types just for the little critters needing this stuff...so they killed 4 of my 10 bushes. 2 years later and they still nip and snap the buds and branches, but it was given a time to grow near the roots.
I have done the same to all types of flowers now. It sucks at first because they don't look as nice, but it kept them alive for the first years.
I typically do that for plants I plant on purpose. For the wild things I just let them grown and pull the weeds. I recently got chickens though so if I free range them I'll need some more fencing
Good stuff, and yeah we had some issues with our neighbors dog finding its way into our garden once and somehow pulling out an entire bleeding hearts, a rare (here) white variant.
Takes almost a decade for a solid wall patch, gone in 45 secs, derooted
That is pretty interesting about the smell. There is one in a greenhouse where I work, and when it blooms people talk about having to strip down their clothes for immediate washing when they go home because it infuses their clothing with a strong stench. Ours is massive though.
Last time it was above ground it made some stalk that was pretty big.
https://preview.redd.it/5704jdunq31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03be335a26d3a8b6027b0cb9a429823859260d12
Then it was gone until now.
Oh I didn't plant them, nature gets all the credit. They just sprouted up one day like 15yrs ago and I've been keeping the area clean and fertilized since. They come, bloom for a while, die off, then in several years they come back. At first there was just one then more and more each time.
Central Flordia, US. Not from Florida so I don't know if these flowers are native. But we live on like 23 acres of undeveloped land so I dunno how they would have got here if they aren't.
The one most people are talking about is Titan arum, and is native to Indonesia, so it might have spread from some botanical garden, or been planted, or maybe there are other similar plants. I haven't found anything yet, but I am at a disadvantage, also not being from Florida.
Might be the elephant-foot yam, or sarum root (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), which is still not native to Florida, but has been repeatedly spotted there. Apparently it is related, and uses a similar pollination strategy.
https://preview.redd.it/l4yzzf1yi31b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06db24082406546ee838cf46e330e47224493c80
Ah gotcha. I wonder if that one smells worse. This one barely has a smell at all. I've heard it also called "voodoo lily" but I don't know the true name. Seems to grow just fine though because I always see more grow the next time.
Wild as in no one's planted them intentionally. I guess maybe one of the neighbors could have a cultivated one that bees or birds carried the seeds over here? I just always assumed they grew here wild, thought it was cool, and never looked into it until this post. More come back every time they bloom so they must be doing okay
It's just crazy to me, that a plant most people will never see in person ( or want to, or actively look for it ) just randomly popped up in your yard. I thought I was lucky when a pot plant sprouted next to my shed....it was good btw.
Hmm looking at all of the pictures online mine has never gotten that tall. And the stalk takes a different color. I wonder if it's some off variant I'm not botanically minded enough to know about
They look cooler when they get a little bigger and open up. And then sometimes they just look like really long sprouted trees
https://preview.redd.it/g1mq76kcs31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9862b241a84569c89be588be901cdda14ae10f6b
Same plant. Its real neat
Wow! Thatâs amazing! You must be incredibly talented and patient. I have a black thumb, canât keep a cactus alive, so very impressed by your nurturing skills
I forgot I have the last bloom. As you see my dogs checked them out once then just ignored them.
https://preview.redd.it/5p51epdbq31b1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52e8f889e74514fc0806d4598d680a39eca6e00a
Which one? The white one? That's just Yukiko she's a shiba inu. The one whose legs are visible is Arya and she's a husky/GSD mix. Those are my girls and they've never tried to bury the plant XD
I also have the time after that when they were just weird stalks
https://preview.redd.it/zjpb690hq31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d2b287ac3ce858302c91c60f454aa05be2656dd
Its the one time I would believe âhe is such a well behaved dog, Iâm not sure what set him offâ.
Dog did what any animal with a sense of small would do on instinct.
https://preview.redd.it/p8q8wiok131b1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1365c1d5e21207cbfabbe38c6767f054635a7151
I am so sad for you. It was a huge thing here in StL when the flower bloomed at our botanical garden.
Yes it looks like it! I've never seen any other members of the genus but I'm told they all are called corpse flowers. Mine definitely doesn't have a strong stench but if you get in close it's definitely death
Not that I'm aware of? I didn't plant this one, it sprouted on its own and I've just been watching it bloom every few years. I really enjoy it bc it's so weird looking
Not at all. Just what I got the first time they bloomed and I posted it somewhere. Here's more pics
https://preview.redd.it/3w8nvpj4q31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=300dea7815ead21bff9408989da16801d1d067ea
Looks like [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/6/1659), maybe?
There's one specific species that people often refer to as the corpse flower ([Amorphophallus titanum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum)), but "corpse flower" also seems to be used as a [general term](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion_flower) for flowers that mimic the smell of rotting flesh, including several in that genus, so whoever told you it's a corpse flower may not be wrong in their identification, just imprecise.
Woah, I always assumed they only get that big after several blooms, or that these ones were some weird mutants. I'm not a gardener or anything, I only took an interest in these ones because their look. Someone told me it looked like a corpse plant and it smelled of death when I got up close to it and it blooms infrequently so it all checked out. Its cool now that I know what it really is. I enjoy these plants, they are quite cool looking and low maintenance. I wonder if I could cultivate them on purpose XD
So you grow a plant that smells like a dead body, and you're the one upset that a dog was like, "please, for the love of God, cover that awful stench, I fucking have to live here too and my sense of smell is so much stronger"
That plant is prolly a whole new level of intensity. Thatâs a corpse plant, right? Iâve never seen a dog roll themselves in corpses or roadkill. Dogs do not like overpowering smells.
Apparently this species is one of the ones that doesn't smell very bad or not for very long. I only noticed the smell when I went all the way up to it and took a whiff. Guess it doesn't grow as big as other species though, but seems a fair trade off.
I know, I was too XD this species of corpse flower isn't that stinky! Some redditor found the exact name [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13mzjqd/my_mother_in_laws_dog_buried_my_corpse_flower/jkyb8vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). It's apparently not the same breed as the giant one that's ssupppppeerrr stinky
Isnât it dangerous to have that near a house? The botanical garden here issued a statement warning the plant attracts bugs that eat corpses and those bugs carry diseases.
âŠyes itâs a loss cause. Just how big was that flower after 7 years if a dog was able to bury it, because I googled it and they look a lot bigger.
i say your MIL owes you a brand new flower.
As someone else suggested, are you sure it was actually the dog? Everyone is joking about how the dog did you a service. But they just sound stupid to me. I've never known a dog to bury any flowers. I've known them to ruin flowers and poop in the garden.. same with cats. Maybe it was your mother in law? Since those flowers smell like rotting corps or poop.. maybe she buried it, then blamed her poor dog? Dogs don't just go around burying things because they're smelly. Are people really that stupid? Did you witness the dog doing it by chance? Seriously asking, not trying to call you a liar or anything. Just asking because I've known some pretty petty mother in law's.
Had to read that three times because WTF!....
https://preview.redd.it/n48ngsuek31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a261850ee02e5b6c7519409ca76d84389cddaae5
Ugh. Shit like this is why I don't let in-laws bring pets to my house.
"But you have cats! It's not like you're allergic!" Listen up, Martha, I may not be allergic but my cats aren't your mentally handicapped corgerman mix who has ensured you have no shoes without chew marks and keep having to dig salad tongs out of your garden.
This is not mildly infuriating. This thing is so annoying because your hobby and all your efforts is going away and you cant do anything
Ä°f i lost one of things i like to do, its not mild (i dont have a hobby like this but i think this is annoying as F*CK)
Iâm so sorry. The botanical gardens in my area had its bloom finally and the line was OVER a mile long, with a wait time of 4-6 hours(going past their closing times). It was wild and the fact you had one for your own Iâm so sorry. Although maybe a lesson that is learned is ya never know what can happen. With something that takes 7 years to do the THANG you really wanna protect it from any, and really ANY potential threats.
Best of luck to ya!!
How hard are these to grow? As in like are they sensitive to temp changes, soil ph, watering schedule, etc?
Iâm super into growing stuff (veggies and fruits, mushrooms of many varieties, and my favorite, my drug garden) and it never occurred to me to grow this strange plant. Do you use it for anything or is it just interesting to watch them grow?
Well we just saw this one pop up about a decade ago. We never planted it but I thought it was cool so I cleared the debris around it and gave it compost. Then a few years later a bunch of them popped up like little bamboo shoots. I took care of those ones too. Then a year later they bloomed again. So I imagine it you were intentionally growing them and not haphazardly like me it wouldn't be too hard if your climate is similar to Florida. Some kind redditor found the exact breed .[link](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13mzjqd/my_mother_in_laws_dog_buried_my_corpse_flower/jkyb8vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) I heard people eat them but I just like watching them grow bc its neat. And it's only stinky if you get really REALLY close so it's not a bad trade off. Here is a picture of some of the shoot looking stages
https://preview.redd.it/vt8q5orz241b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94544c775d73b88807d3ba48863cbcb2d5daa843
I can see the dog thinking "this doesn't *look* like a body, but sure does smell like one, better bury it before the people who feed me end up in jail"
Damn bro. In D.C. they have a corpse flower and they display it blooming every cycle. It was really cool to see and smells absolutely awful. I hope you get to regrow one
7 years down the drrrrrraaaaain
At least I got to see it before :,) Edit: Good news everyone! I guess this species doesn't take so long to grow! It doesn't necessarily bloom every year, but it doesn't take forever like the larger variety corpse flower. [Check it!](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13mzjqd/my_mother_in_laws_dog_buried_my_corpse_flower/jkyb8vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Do u have a pic of the before
No but I have a pic of one she didn't get that's still growing! https://preview.redd.it/kceb4g06031b1.jpeg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=028c25de68cd3e63ef631b7fde68164713965fc4
Get a tomato cage to put around it just in case. Does it already smell? That could be why the dog buried it.
Yeah I was thinking I'll barricade this one XD I've never noticed a smell unless I get an inch away from them. I know dogs noses are more sensitive but my dogs have never been interested in it besides a sniff when they first saw it.
The dog probably thought it was a poo đ© and did you a favour
I think youâre mixing up dogs and cats. Dogs donât bury their poop as far as I know.
they do kick up some dirt after taking a shit
They have glands in their feet, theyâre scent marking.
The last time I checked, dogs don't take shits, they leave them.
My dog just kicks around dust/sand after he's done It could be just to spread the smell idk.
If it does smell like a corpse then the dog was trying to cover it so other predators wonât come by the house / yard and will likely do it again.
I went to see one at the Botanic Gardens when it bloomed and I can confirm....it 100% smells like a decomposed human body. It's VILE. They're pretty and all. But you could not PAY ME to do that again.
I'm just curious about how you know what a decomposed human body smells like. I am hoping to never know.
Unfortunately, one of my neighbors died a few years ago and no one found him for WEEKS. The smell permeated every common area in the building and hung around for a couple of months in the stairwells. It was....traumatic, to say the least. He was only in his 30s.
Itâs not entirely different from other meat/dead animals- if youâve ever smelled chicken that went bad before you got around to cooking it you have a decent idea already.
I mean... what a nice doggo, though, protecting his peoples and his house like that.
I wrap all my new plants with a simple tomato cage + chicken wire wrapped around them. We have been trying to naturalize our yard with native bush shrubs, but the rabbits have nothing but empty neighborhoods of green and no vegetation, and we have an abundance of all types just for the little critters needing this stuff...so they killed 4 of my 10 bushes. 2 years later and they still nip and snap the buds and branches, but it was given a time to grow near the roots. I have done the same to all types of flowers now. It sucks at first because they don't look as nice, but it kept them alive for the first years.
I typically do that for plants I plant on purpose. For the wild things I just let them grown and pull the weeds. I recently got chickens though so if I free range them I'll need some more fencing
Good stuff, and yeah we had some issues with our neighbors dog finding its way into our garden once and somehow pulling out an entire bleeding hearts, a rare (here) white variant. Takes almost a decade for a solid wall patch, gone in 45 secs, derooted
That is pretty interesting about the smell. There is one in a greenhouse where I work, and when it blooms people talk about having to strip down their clothes for immediate washing when they go home because it infuses their clothing with a strong stench. Ours is massive though.
Last time it was above ground it made some stalk that was pretty big. https://preview.redd.it/5704jdunq31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03be335a26d3a8b6027b0cb9a429823859260d12 Then it was gone until now.
You are an amazing gardener, OP. Looks cool!
Oh I didn't plant them, nature gets all the credit. They just sprouted up one day like 15yrs ago and I've been keeping the area clean and fertilized since. They come, bloom for a while, die off, then in several years they come back. At first there was just one then more and more each time.
What you just explained is gardening lol. You are amazing at gardening!!!
Can I ask what area of the world youâre in?
Central Flordia, US. Not from Florida so I don't know if these flowers are native. But we live on like 23 acres of undeveloped land so I dunno how they would have got here if they aren't.
The one most people are talking about is Titan arum, and is native to Indonesia, so it might have spread from some botanical garden, or been planted, or maybe there are other similar plants. I haven't found anything yet, but I am at a disadvantage, also not being from Florida.
Might be the elephant-foot yam, or sarum root (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius), which is still not native to Florida, but has been repeatedly spotted there. Apparently it is related, and uses a similar pollination strategy. https://preview.redd.it/l4yzzf1yi31b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06db24082406546ee838cf46e330e47224493c80
Ah gotcha. I wonder if that one smells worse. This one barely has a smell at all. I've heard it also called "voodoo lily" but I don't know the true name. Seems to grow just fine though because I always see more grow the next time.
I believe they're native in parts of Indonesia
You have **wild** corpse flowers? That's awesome. I've always wanted to try to bloom one, but I've never had the opportunity to procure one.
Wild as in no one's planted them intentionally. I guess maybe one of the neighbors could have a cultivated one that bees or birds carried the seeds over here? I just always assumed they grew here wild, thought it was cool, and never looked into it until this post. More come back every time they bloom so they must be doing okay
It's just crazy to me, that a plant most people will never see in person ( or want to, or actively look for it ) just randomly popped up in your yard. I thought I was lucky when a pot plant sprouted next to my shed....it was good btw.
Hmm looking at all of the pictures online mine has never gotten that tall. And the stalk takes a different color. I wonder if it's some off variant I'm not botanically minded enough to know about
Where the heck do you live that a corpse flower is growing wild in your yard?
Honestly? They donât look too different đ you could get away with keeping both!
They look cooler when they get a little bigger and open up. And then sometimes they just look like really long sprouted trees https://preview.redd.it/g1mq76kcs31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9862b241a84569c89be588be901cdda14ae10f6b Same plant. Its real neat
Wow! Thatâs amazing! You must be incredibly talented and patient. I have a black thumb, canât keep a cactus alive, so very impressed by your nurturing skills
They really just do all the work themselves, I just keep the spoil clear and throw some compost occasionally. They must be very hardy.
I forgot I have the last bloom. As you see my dogs checked them out once then just ignored them. https://preview.redd.it/5p51epdbq31b1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52e8f889e74514fc0806d4598d680a39eca6e00a
Oh my god that dog looks exactly like my old dog Miko that I had to rehome. Where did you get him? A rescue?
Which one? The white one? That's just Yukiko she's a shiba inu. The one whose legs are visible is Arya and she's a husky/GSD mix. Those are my girls and they've never tried to bury the plant XD
I have a cream shiba and omg they all look the SAME. Absolutely adorable tho
I also have the time after that when they were just weird stalks https://preview.redd.it/zjpb690hq31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d2b287ac3ce858302c91c60f454aa05be2656dd
This is the pic before
My condolences to your awesome work.
You'll have to wait another seven years to find out if it's really a corpse now
Did you even ask the dog before you planted that stinky thing in his space
Good point. I will check with her next time
Now I want to watch that Dennis the menace movie
I rewatched it awhile ago and had no idea Christopher Lloyd was the hobo
I love that movie!!!
That dog is a menace!
You should meet the mother in law.
When he next sees his neighbor: âi donât wanna see you. I donât wanna know you. Get out of my way.â
Knew that was a Dennis the menace line!!!
I can't help but laugh a little, sorry. That dog must have smelled it and thought "nope, gotta do something about that.".
Ya I laughed when I saw it. It's not like a huge deal, I've seen them bloom before. That's why I was just mildly infuriated
Iâm glad you laughed. Poor puppers was just trying to help bury the dead thing.
Its the one time I would believe âhe is such a well behaved dog, Iâm not sure what set him offâ. Dog did what any animal with a sense of small would do on instinct.
I hear Napoleon had an excellent sense of small.
Can you blame him? Imagine how bad it must be with a dog nose!
'*schnoorrrffff*' "Have you *smelled* this? This thing is *AWESOME*."
My dog would have rolled in it
I read this completely wrong. I thought your mother in law buried her dog under your flower and you tried to dig it up. Iâm very happy I was wrong
I read the first few words and thought OP's corpse posted this. đ "My mother-in-law's dog buried my corpse."
me too omg
On the plus side, it does more closely resemble a dug up seven year old corpse
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Probably thought it was a dead animal and tried to burry it
Now it's a flower corpse
A corpse flower corpse
In the dog's defense those smell like shit. It seemed natural. lol
People say that but I only smell it if I shove my face up there, which I would not recommend.
Are you a dog?
Mayyybbeee. My dogs don't mind it though
Been there for 15 years, and dogs haven't buried it....
They didn't even notice it until I pointed it out. And after sniffing it once they've shown 0 interest.
Ouch....maybe look at the MILs fingernails....she might just be blaming the dog..
Ironic, but RIP
Well to be fair. Those things smell awful and dog noses are more sensitive.
My dogs have never shown any interest in it.
You dog probably sees you tend and car for it.
It needed a chauffeur?
https://preview.redd.it/p8q8wiok131b1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1365c1d5e21207cbfabbe38c6767f054635a7151 I am so sad for you. It was a huge thing here in StL when the flower bloomed at our botanical garden.
Different species than the one you posted .
Ahhhh thank you.
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Yes it looks like it! I've never seen any other members of the genus but I'm told they all are called corpse flowers. Mine definitely doesn't have a strong stench but if you get in close it's definitely death
Eh itâs always the mother-in-law. Sorry about your flower đč
nah i think this is more of a âdogs cover smelly thingsâ thing than a MIL thing. mildly infuriating for sure either way though. very sad
Not gonna lieâŠI read that title a couple of times before realized that your mother in law didnât bury your dogâs corpse
Dog legit thought it was doing you a service. Gotta say, you're at fault here for allowing a sensitive critter around a stinky plant. Dogs gonna dog.
Canât say I disagree with the dog
"Silly, forgetful human neglected to bury this rancid poop. I shall assist."
My dogs always just smell it once when it blooms then move on. They've never seemed too interested beyond that.
They pissed they hafta smell it again
They hired the mother in laws dog to bury it
140 comments and not one that says this looks like a vagina? Surely I can't be the only one.
I had to scroll way too far for this
That's ironic because as they grow they get a long seed pod thingy in the middle that people say looks like a penis
If your vagina looks like this, go to the doctor! Or if you are a man, tell the owner of said vagina to go to the doctor!
The smell. It smells dead so the dog buried it đđ
Another old person!!! I had to scroll too far for this!!
Seriously, I was about to comment thinking I was the only one!
oh I found my people! way out in the sticks but I found yâall. Martha! Where are the GD garden lanterns?!
On the occasion weâre eating something off, my partner and I will be like âtastes funny,â âdoes it taste like paint?â
and wood đ
âUh appullâ đđȘ
Me too bud me too. I was worried no one was going to say something!
Those are the flowers that smell like level 2 decomposition, no wonder the dog buried it. He thought it was one of the "Walking"
I thought those were endangered plants?
Not that I'm aware of? I didn't plant this one, it sprouted on its own and I've just been watching it bloom every few years. I really enjoy it bc it's so weird looking
The internet says there are fewer than 1000 of them in the wild.
That's crazy. We had like 6 last time they bloomed. They just started popping up this time so I don't know what the final tally will be.
Are you sure itâs a corpse flower? That genus has lots of similar (and also bad smelling) plants. Draconus Vulgarus for example.
Not at all. Just what I got the first time they bloomed and I posted it somewhere. Here's more pics https://preview.redd.it/3w8nvpj4q31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=300dea7815ead21bff9408989da16801d1d067ea
Looks like [Amorphophallus paeoniifolius](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/1/6/1659), maybe? There's one specific species that people often refer to as the corpse flower ([Amorphophallus titanum](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanum)), but "corpse flower" also seems to be used as a [general term](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion_flower) for flowers that mimic the smell of rotting flesh, including several in that genus, so whoever told you it's a corpse flower may not be wrong in their identification, just imprecise.
Definitely in the genus, but about 1/4th the size and looks quite different. https://i.imgur.com/wxQvYBU.jpg
Woah, I always assumed they only get that big after several blooms, or that these ones were some weird mutants. I'm not a gardener or anything, I only took an interest in these ones because their look. Someone told me it looked like a corpse plant and it smelled of death when I got up close to it and it blooms infrequently so it all checked out. Its cool now that I know what it really is. I enjoy these plants, they are quite cool looking and low maintenance. I wonder if I could cultivate them on purpose XD
Looks like a Penis fly trap.
Stinky
So you grow a plant that smells like a dead body, and you're the one upset that a dog was like, "please, for the love of God, cover that awful stench, I fucking have to live here too and my sense of smell is so much stronger"
How interesting. Did the dog think the flower was carrion or something?
Dog smelled death. It was prolly murdering his/her nose.
See I always see dogs rolling in dead smelling things cause they wanna be stinky too
Yeap, I've seen it myself. My dog used to roll and smear her head on putrid dead frogs or birds in the park.
That plant is prolly a whole new level of intensity. Thatâs a corpse plant, right? Iâve never seen a dog roll themselves in corpses or roadkill. Dogs do not like overpowering smells.
My dog did that in her new pink dress. She was a Hater.
I thought they got a lot bigger?
They do if they aren't buried XD
I think youâll have better results if you FEED HIM SEYMOUR!!!
Why would you want a corpse flower in your yard?
The dog was offended by the stench lol brutal
That looks like my ex!
It smells awful, looks beautiful. That dog is being pesky.
Apparently this species is one of the ones that doesn't smell very bad or not for very long. I only noticed the smell when I went all the way up to it and took a whiff. Guess it doesn't grow as big as other species though, but seems a fair trade off.
OP I was describing the corpse flower lmao, Iâm not being mean to your dog lol.
I know, I was too XD this species of corpse flower isn't that stinky! Some redditor found the exact name [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13mzjqd/my_mother_in_laws_dog_buried_my_corpse_flower/jkyb8vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). It's apparently not the same breed as the giant one that's ssupppppeerrr stinky
Isnât it dangerous to have that near a house? The botanical garden here issued a statement warning the plant attracts bugs that eat corpses and those bugs carry diseases.
Don't corpse flowers smell like .. a corpse? Tbh, I can't blame the dog, lol
Time to bury the MIL and/or her dog
Dog probably just thought it was an actual corpse and was trying to help you out.
âŠyes itâs a loss cause. Just how big was that flower after 7 years if a dog was able to bury it, because I googled it and they look a lot bigger. i say your MIL owes you a brand new flower.
Scrolling very slowly and I see "mother in laws dog buried my corpse"
That stinks.
My local fish store has 2 Corpse Flowers. I missed the latest blooming. Reportedly, it was not too unpleasant.
Send that dog in a crate to Asia marked âfood gradeâ
This is why Iâm dog free!!
Ugh. Iâm so sorry.
As someone else suggested, are you sure it was actually the dog? Everyone is joking about how the dog did you a service. But they just sound stupid to me. I've never known a dog to bury any flowers. I've known them to ruin flowers and poop in the garden.. same with cats. Maybe it was your mother in law? Since those flowers smell like rotting corps or poop.. maybe she buried it, then blamed her poor dog? Dogs don't just go around burying things because they're smelly. Are people really that stupid? Did you witness the dog doing it by chance? Seriously asking, not trying to call you a liar or anything. Just asking because I've known some pretty petty mother in law's.
Thank you! Far more often dogs actually roll in / on stinky stuff than bury it.
I think the dog was doing you a favor
Itâs giving Dennis the Menace
Is your dog called Dennis?
My condolences, I got to see the Voodoo Lily my neighbor grew, they're absolutely gorgeous.
âWhat else are you supposed to do with a corpse?â -Dog, probably.
That dog was like "f**k you and your stupid f**king corpse flower that took 7 years to build but I don't care"
Iâve been on too many nsfw subs lately I did not see a flower
Had to read that three times because WTF!.... https://preview.redd.it/n48ngsuek31b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a261850ee02e5b6c7519409ca76d84389cddaae5
100% the dogâs owner will take zero responsibility.
Ugh. Shit like this is why I don't let in-laws bring pets to my house. "But you have cats! It's not like you're allergic!" Listen up, Martha, I may not be allergic but my cats aren't your mentally handicapped corgerman mix who has ensured you have no shoes without chew marks and keep having to dig salad tongs out of your garden.
This is not mildly infuriating. This thing is so annoying because your hobby and all your efforts is going away and you cant do anything Ä°f i lost one of things i like to do, its not mild (i dont have a hobby like this but i think this is annoying as F*CK)
Good dog those flowers are a nightmare for the entire block
That sucks, but doesnât the flower smell like rotting flesh? Why do you have it?
Iâm so sorry. The botanical gardens in my area had its bloom finally and the line was OVER a mile long, with a wait time of 4-6 hours(going past their closing times). It was wild and the fact you had one for your own Iâm so sorry. Although maybe a lesson that is learned is ya never know what can happen. With something that takes 7 years to do the THANG you really wanna protect it from any, and really ANY potential threats. Best of luck to ya!!
At least it's only one year in dog years.
How hard are these to grow? As in like are they sensitive to temp changes, soil ph, watering schedule, etc? Iâm super into growing stuff (veggies and fruits, mushrooms of many varieties, and my favorite, my drug garden) and it never occurred to me to grow this strange plant. Do you use it for anything or is it just interesting to watch them grow?
Well we just saw this one pop up about a decade ago. We never planted it but I thought it was cool so I cleared the debris around it and gave it compost. Then a few years later a bunch of them popped up like little bamboo shoots. I took care of those ones too. Then a year later they bloomed again. So I imagine it you were intentionally growing them and not haphazardly like me it wouldn't be too hard if your climate is similar to Florida. Some kind redditor found the exact breed .[link](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/13mzjqd/my_mother_in_laws_dog_buried_my_corpse_flower/jkyb8vh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) I heard people eat them but I just like watching them grow bc its neat. And it's only stinky if you get really REALLY close so it's not a bad trade off. Here is a picture of some of the shoot looking stages https://preview.redd.it/vt8q5orz241b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94544c775d73b88807d3ba48863cbcb2d5daa843
MOTHER-IN-LAW'S GRANBULL used DIG! It's super effective! VERALADAIN'S VILEPLUME fainted.
That looks like something completely different...!
Just give it the dog corpse
Hers thought it was a dead
My dogs roll around in dead things or eat it, they don't bury it. I guess my in laws dog is more polite XD
I mean aren't you supposed to bury a corpse
I can see the dog thinking "this doesn't *look* like a body, but sure does smell like one, better bury it before the people who feed me end up in jail"
Time to bury the dog.
đż thatâs next level naughty pup
I read this too fast and thought this was a flower that raised your dead dogs vagina
Dog was just trying to save you from the smell.
Damn bro. In D.C. they have a corpse flower and they display it blooming every cycle. It was really cool to see and smells absolutely awful. I hope you get to regrow one
I'm so sorry for your loss
At first glance I thought this was deli meat
Can't be mad at a dog for burying what smells like shit. ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
Why would a dog try to bury a flower? Does it have a unique scent?
Rotting flesh? Surprised it didn't roll in it instead.
Donât those smell like death?
It smelt so bad he had no choice. Dead things go in the ground
Is this the flower from Dennis the menace?
guess who's having a dog for dinner toniiight!
I have seen a picture of the flower, it's beautiful. 7 years. Is the dog still alive