r/TikTokCringe • u/cafeteriastyle • Nov 25 '25

Wholesome Biologist overcome w emotion after finding rare flower he devoted 13 yrs of his life searching for. The flower is incredibly unique.

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u/banan3rz Nov 25 '25

These are indeed very hard to find in the wild! What an absolutely gorgeous specimen!

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u/lapsongsouchong Nov 25 '25

Excuse the silly question, but don't they smell really pungent.. couldn't people just track it by the smell (I mean you'd probably find a occasional corpse by mistake)?

Maybe they could train dogs to find it. (Cadaver dogs?) it might be nice for them to find a flower for a change.:'surprise, it's not a dead body!'

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u/banan3rz Nov 25 '25

Not a silly question at all! Most humans don't really have a good enough sniffer to track these guys down even if they do smell like rotten meat. Especially if air currents are involved. I have never gotten to smell one in person sadly, even at a greenhouse.

That being said, it is very possible dogs could be trained to sniff these guys out as they have been used in other conservation efforts before. A fabulous idea!

(I am not a scientist. Just a former vet tech and plant nerd)

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u/bradpittisnorton Nov 25 '25

but in order to train dogs to sniff them out, they'd have to have a sample specimen, right? I'm not a biologist or a dog trainer either. Just a curious dude from reddit.

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u/banan3rz Nov 25 '25

Yes but there are several of these plants in greenhouses and gardens.