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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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Don’t stop and smell this one: an intense smell from a rare corpse flower attracts visitors in San Francisco
An Amorphophallus titanium, also known as a corpse flower, blooms for one to three days once every seven to 10 years. During the bloom, it releases a powerful smell, described by some as rotting ...
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Australia holds its nose for the 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 ...
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See it: Stinky, rare 'corpse flower' blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A putrid-smelling species of flower commonly known as a "corpse flower" is causing quite a stink at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Affectionately named "Smelliot" by garden staff ...
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Six natural displays that draw the crowds
Its formal name might be Amorphophallus titanum, but if you get up close as it blossoms you’ll be in no doubt why this rare plant is nicknamed the corpse flower. “It smells a lot like you ...
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Das Pflanzenreich
THE subfamily Lasioidese includes Amorphophallus, Rhektophyllum ... most primitive on account of its perigoniate hermaphrodite flower, the presence of endosperm in the seed and its pantropic ...