The label on one of two amorphophallus konjac, also known as devil's tongue, voodoo lily, snake palm, or elephant yam, at the Indiana University Greenhouse on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. A plant ...

The more time you spend around the devil’s tongue, the more its smell gets under your skin. It first greets you as a dull odor, somewhat akin to a wet dog or raw fish. But stick around long ...

But it’s not the only stinky plant in the greenhouse. The Amorphophallus konjac — better known as the Devil’s Tongue — is currently blooming. And smelling up the area around it.

A plant native to southwestern China, the devil’s tongue, like Wally, is a member of the amorphophallus genus that pollinates by attracting insects like roaches, beetles and carrion flies which ...