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A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. “I think this is an equally impressive ...
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Smells like ‘wet socks’ and ‘dead possums’, corpse flower blooms for first time in 10 years
Such was the case in Canberra, Australia, where a corpse flower bloomed for ... 4,” with a width of 3′. Its smelly bloom is short-lived, with the flower opening for a mere 24 to 36 hours.
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A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
No corpse flower has bloomed at the garden for 15 years ... As excitement grew in Sydney about the unfolding bloom, garden staff erected crowd barriers giving the Victorian greenhouse the air ...
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Australia holds its nose for the 3rd rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months
Similar numbers turned out to experience another rancid bloom at the Geelong Botanic Gardens southwest of Melbourne in November. The corpse flower or corpse plant, known as bunga bangkai in its ...
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Second stinky corpse flower blooms in private at Botanic Gardens of Sydney
A second corpse flower has begun to bloom at Sydney's Botanic Gardens. The plant, Putricia's "sibling", will not be displayed to the public and will be kept in the nursery to better control ...