Smells like ‘wet socks’ and ‘dead possums’, corpse flower blooms for first time in 10 years
There is something about the stench of corpse flowers that draws curious people far and wide when the giant blooms spew their ...
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Rare ‘corpse flower’ briefly takes NYC by the nose
When a line of people are waiting around in Brooklyn, most people would assume they’re waiting for a concert. Instead, crowds flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden eager to witness, but more ...
‘Gag-worthy’: Rare corpse flower blooms in Australia, drawing crowds and stench
A rare corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, bloomed after 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens, ...
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An enormous 'corpse flower' opens its petals after 15 years of waiting in Australia
The blooming started on Saturday night and will last until Monday, by which time the reservations for visits to the Canberra botanical garden have already been exhausted. There are events that are ...
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Australia holds nose for third rancid bloom of rare corpse plant in three months
Despite the smell associated with the plant, its blooming is such a rare event that it draws crowds (AP) The corpse flower or corpse plant, known as bunga bangkai in its native Indonesia, is endemic ...
Plant smartens up: Not so much rotting meat now, more like dirty laundry
It's been a great Canberra celebrity: the smelly 10-year-old corpse flower has attracted more than a thousand admiring visitors to its tropical glasshouse in the National Botanic Gardens.
Australia holds its nose for its 3rd rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months
A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...
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Corpse flower's rare bloom aids forensic chemistry research
"When I heard the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, was blooming, I thought, 'Does it really smell like human decomposition? What chemical compounds does it produce?'" Her curiosity sparked a ...
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‘Worth the wait’: Rare, stinky corpse flower draws hundreds to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The corpse flower bloom emerged sometime between Thursday night ... “I love watching parents holding up their kids to smell it and see their reactions,” he said. Keeping the plant happy and healthy is ...
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Rare corpse flower greets the public with putrid bloom in New York
27 (UPI) --New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's rare blooming corpse flower ... it will smell like rotting ...
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Rare and Stinky ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney
“I’ve only seen stories about the corpse flower on TV or online, so to be able to see and smell this in person is a tremendous and exciting opportunity.” A corpse flower bloomed at the ...