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This summer, the Sundquist Science Complex Greenhouse will once again be the place to see a blooming corpse flower.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The corpse flower at Smith College’s botanical garden in Northampton is set to bloom. The ...
Exact timing of the bloom is unclear, but campus officials predict it will occur this week – Cal Poly will host a rare corpse ...
Indiana University invites you to visit Wally, the stinky corpse flower, before it blooms for the last time in years.
Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.
The corpse flower that is getting ready to bloom is named “Phil,” in memory of the late Philip Baker, professor emeritus of plant systematics in the college’s botany program.
The flowering plant typically takes seven to 15 years to bloom — though this one has so far had a quicker cycle, with this being its third bloom since 2019 — and only stays open for 24 to 48 ...
The corpse flower at The Botanic Garden of Smith College is named U2, based on the garden's alphabetical naming system. The flower arrived at the garden in 2007 as a seed, making it 18 years old.
It’s called the corpse flower, and it’s drawing in some attention at a local botanic garden. The foul-smelling flower on the campus of Smith College in Northampton is said to be a sight to behold.