A Fly-Loving Flower 
The Chinese carrion lily pictured here, advertises to the 
flies to act as its messengers of pollenation. The spathe 
frequently grows to eighteen inches in length and, as can be seen, 
though rich and really beautiful, is of the same color as a piece 
of decaying liver. The smell emitted from this flower 
is offensive in the extreme—all an advertisement 
to the flies, which are carrion-loving insects. 
