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A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
The corpse flower only blooms every 7-10 years in its natural habitat. “The fact that they open very rarely, so they flower rarely, is obviously something that puts them at a little bit of a dis ...
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Don’t stop and smell this one: an intense smell from a rare corpse flower attracts visitors in San Francisco
An Amorphophallus titanium, also known as a corpse flower, blooms for one to three days once every seven to 10 years. During the bloom, it releases a powerful smell, described by some as rotting ...
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Pick the Pollinator
In fact, while the celery we eat depends upon ... Standing at up to 20 feet tall and stretching 16 feet across, the Sumatran corpse flower is easy for most pollinators to spot, but the plant's ...
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Australia holds its nose for the third rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months
The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was ...
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See it: Stinky, rare 'corpse flower' blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A putrid-smelling species of flower commonly known as a "corpse flower" is causing quite a stink at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Affectionately named "Smelliot" by garden staff ...