The first idea definitely sounds like something that could exist, and would actually be original! I can dig it. For a Flower, may I suggest a Tree? The Callery pear (var. Bradford) has abundant, beautiful white flowers, and was planted widely as an ornamental tree by developers in the US, up until the problem became apparent: They stink. Badly. They've also managed to spread and are now being considered an invasive species. Seems appropriately horror-ific to me. {= D

The second idea, not so much. Sanctioned adaptations are outside the PPC's remit, and fanfiction based on sanctioned adaptations is already handled by the panoply of existing departments. I'm not sure "unsactioned adaptations" can even be considered to exist as far as the PPC is concerned; they'd either be treated as a separate continuum like a regular adaptation, or like any other fanwork and judged on quality.

~Neshomeh

I can only think of cherry blossom 🤣 I'm not the best at botany.

I could get behind a department that handles awful creepypastas and failed horror fics, and as far as I can tell, that's not a thing right now.. It seems like something that definitely could exist, and like it would have a clear delineation from other departments' tasks. As for its head, were you thinking of a Rafflesia, or, say, an Amorphophallus titanum? Either way, the idea of a Flower that produces an odor like that is a great one and has serious comedy potential. Also, fun fact, "Amorphophallus titanum" means, roughly, "misshapen giant phallus". I imagine any Flower unlucky enough to be stuck with that name would be rather embarrassed by it. I don't know about the proposed department name, though; "Horrible Horror" isn't bad, but I do think something that means the opposite of "horror" might be better. Might I suggest Unfrightening Horror or something similar?

Of course, I would only attempt to add this to canon if I were to have a good idea for agents and badfics to include in it, and crappypastas just aren't really my thing.

As for a Department of Important Adaptations... I would just say that I don't think that's at all necessary. With the exception of the Department of Out of Character Hobbits, we don't really do single-canon Departments, and when there are single-canon Divisions, they're mostly because of how much badfic there is in that particular canon. Departments are usually more for genre than individual canon. I'm also not sure what "adaptations" have to do with this; that's... not the same as badfic, is it? I'm honestly not quite sure what that would entail, or if the adaptations you're referring to would be published continua of their own, which would not be missionable. The proposed name also strikes me as rather pretentious; why exactly are these particular adaptations in these particular continua important?

--Ls, having thoughts