Sapria is a genus of holoparasitic (living entirely within their hosts) flowering plants from the seasonally-wet forests of South and Southeast Asia. Sapria himalayana, the most widespread of the three recognised Sapria species, is found in Thailand, Cambodia, southwesternmost China, northeast India, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
The flowers have a musty and somewhat unpleasant smell similar to rotting fish-this smell attracts carrion flies, which are attracted to dead and rotting animals in which they lay their eggs. In exploring the interior of the flowers, the flies inadvertently pollinate them!
Presented by Alastair Robinson
Edited by Davide Baj
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