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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A Stinky Pilgrimage To The Corpse Flower, With Notes Of Rat, Sweat, And Cheese
Standing five feet away, I could smell it in the air. Acrid, damp, toe-curling—a memory from my past. The nose is a powerful ...
The Big Issue11dOpinion
The 'giant misshapen penis' flower sums up our simple human need for joy
When hordes turn out to see – and smell – the blooming of a flower, it says something important about the human spirit.
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New Scientist recommends the corpse flower at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Recently, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, I had a dream come true. I got a whiff of one of the world’s stinkiest ...
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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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Corpse flower's rare bloom aids forensic chemistry research
A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia, recently bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years. For forensic scientist Bridget Thurn, it was a unique opportunity to ...
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Corpse flower: Plant with 'rotting flesh smell' blooms in Australia
A rare flower with a pungent odour that has been likened to decaying flesh, rotten eggs and sewage has bloomed in Australia - the third such flowering in recent months. The corpse flower, also known ...