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The 'giant misshapen penis' flower sums up our simple human need for joy
Thousands of people queued in Australia last week to smell a flower. The corpse flower, which blooms once every few years, but for only around 24 hours, opened at Sydney Botanic Gardens. There have ...
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It's big, rare and dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the 'corpse flower' in bloom
Lines of visitors gathered at the Australian city's Royal Botanic Garden to witness the blooming of the rare and endangered flower Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the "corpse flower," which ...
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Silicon Valley stinks: The science and mystery behind the rare corpse flower bloom
Titan arum, known as the corpse flower, in bloom at San Jose State University on July 27, 2022. Photo by Julia Brown. I could smell it before I saw it. After being led up a secured elevator and ...
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Local lodge owner cares for rare corpse flower for two decades
There is estimated to be less than 1,000 corpse flowers remaining in the wild. Dick Mendham, Owner of the Sunrise Lodge in ...
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Australia holds its nose for its 3rd 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 ...