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The corpse flower hadn’t bloomed. It was his job to figure out why.
In the center of the garden’s Tropics House, he gently squeezed the top of the plant, testing to see if it was taking on water. To solve the curious case of the “awkward” corpse flower ...
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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 the first time since it was planted a decade earlier. Visitors to the Australian National Botanic Gardens describe the ...
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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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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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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 ...