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A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
Sprindis added that the flower, much like the “corpse flower” (aka Amorphophallus titanum), will also “smell like rotting ... the Amorphophallus gigas is also notable for its central spike, which can ...
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What's rare, reeks like dirty feet and rotting garbage − and New Yorkers want a whiff?
Amorphophallus titanum can grow up to 10 feet tall and takes an average of seven to 10 years to bloom for the first time. "I liken the smell to a dead possum," Sydney Botanic Gardens chief ...
Corpse flower blooms at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens for the first time
The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.
Australia holds its nose for its third 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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5 facts about corpse flowers that don’t stink
Today, it’s not a tree that’s growing in Brooklyn ... The putrid smelling Amorphophallus gigas is related to the more common Amorphophallus titanum. A. gigas might be a little less dramatic ...
Visitors flock to third blooming of rare stinky corpse flower
A rare flower that smells like decaying flesh was attracting visitors in the Australian capital Canberra for the third ...
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Rare corpse flower to bloom at Brooklyn Botanical Garden for a limited time
Like the [Amorphophallus] titanum, it will smell like rotting flesh ... the central spike of an Amorphophallus gigas can grow to be up to 12 feet tall. They can take seven years or more ...