Thermogenic plants

[Todd]

Hi All,

Came across an interesting article on Wilipedia. Plants that create their own heat. Some melt though the snow:

These plants would not be something you'd want to plant in your own garden. Better to give as a gift to an ex-wife or a relative you did not like (they smell bad):

skunk cabbage dead-horse arum carrion flower

:-)

-T

[zxcvbob]

Triffids "Audrey Jr" the legendary Puking Tree of Mozambique

;)

[Frank Miles]

Thanks! I've always wondered how skunk cabbage could beat all those other herbaceous plants through the snow layers in the spring.

[j]

Skunk cabbage is a rite of spring for my brother. There is a bog near him that he visits to see the first plants of the year.

Jeff

[Frank]

Got me thinking. Is skunk cabbage responsible for global warming?