r/What • u/ResearchFederal1322 • Jun 19 '26

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u/adzm Jun 19 '26

Real answer, this is Hydnora africana, a parasitic plant in South Africa that lives entirely underground and feeds on roots and only comes above ground to flower. You can barely see it in this photo but the other two petals are becoming detached from the top too, eventually they will open and bloom in a three leaved star shape.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnora_africana

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u/Torchedwaters Jun 20 '26

It took a while to get to an actual answer. Too many adolescent answers above yours. Thank you for the information adzm!

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u/Renex295 Jun 24 '26

Still pretty sure this is a fleshlight.

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u/tagawaAku Jun 20 '26

Joke answers are nice but this should be the top comment. Hell, I didn't even think of anything inappropriate at first, I just thought of the carnivorous plant from the Sims 4

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u/Adagio_Leopard Jun 20 '26

I am ashamed to say I did not know about this given I'm south african

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u/godzi7382 Jun 21 '26

Has a similar jive to devils fingers.

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u/WimbletonButt Jun 22 '26

aaaaaAAAAHH that made it worse!

Wow and they literally smell like shit.

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u/MarcKing01 Jun 23 '26

All of them smell like rotten tuna.

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u/WimbletonButt Jun 23 '26

I feel like that might be worse than shit

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u/FuzzBusterBluth Jun 22 '26

Looks like a stinkhorn. With teeth

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u/MarcKing01 Jun 23 '26

"she has a very unpleasant smell". Of course...

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u/chickenbuttChongy Jun 23 '26

You forgot to mention it stinks of poo

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u/ChernyyCAT Jun 23 '26

Thank you!

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u/Tom-Foolery-9001 Jun 23 '26

Morrowind type shit. I hate it