Question

Carrion flies feed on the meat or rotten me the flower of the skunk cabbage which is shown below relies on this Flys to pollinate it how do you think the skunk cabbage adapted to attract carrion flies

Answer 1

Most of the flowering plants are pollinated by the insects and flies. These flies and insects are attracted to them because of their colorful petals or good smell.

But Skunk Cabbage has no colorful petals nor do they smell good like other flowering plants. They emit an odor of the rotten flesh to attract flies mostly carrion flies but also mosquitoes and bees etc.

The stamen and style grow out to be pollinated with other pollen attached to the carrion flies.