A flower blooms in Brooklyn, and it reeks of rotting flesh
The corpse flower, which is native to Indonesia and known scientifically as Amorphophallus gigas, grabs headlines at gardens across the world whenever it blooms. As it readies to unfurl its petals, the flower releases a natural odor meant to attract scavenging beetles that eat dead animals.
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Instead, crowds saw a 5-foot plant that didn’t smell quite as putrid as they had hoped. The corpse flower, predicted to bloom last week, finally unfurled on Sunday evening, after leaving many ...
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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