The curtains have closed on Putricia. Here’s what she looks like now
John Siemon should have been on hand as curtains fell on the live-streamed corpse flower named Putricia, which drew 1.7 ...
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This Rare Flower Smells Like Rotten Carcass, And Thousands In Sydney Are Queuing Up To Sniff It
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney is experiencing a rush like never before. After all, it’s the first time in 15 years that ...
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Australians flock to smelly opening of 'misshaped penis'
corpse flower blooms are often inconsistent. Many will bloom once a decade, though sometimes even more frequently. The life cycle depends on the time it takes for the "corm" of the flower to ...
Visit these 4 botanical gardens on your next road trip, all within 600 miles of Cincy
Out of the 12 best botanical gardens in the U.S., half of them are within 600 miles of Cincinnati. Here are four of them ...
Australians flock to smelly opening of 'misshaped penis'
The corpse flower, native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra, gets its name from the literal translation of the Indonesian phrase Bunga bangkai. Its species name, Amorphophallus titanum, meanwhile, ...
5 facts about corpse flowers that don’t stink
Across the globe in Australia, a Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower nicknamed Putricia has been blooming for the past week ...
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The curtains have closed on Putricia. Here’s what she looks like now
Hidden within a corpse flower’s flesh-red spathe is a ring ... stored energy to rise again as a gigantic, putrid bloom, to begin the cycle once more. “It’s been incredibly humbling to ...
Australians flock to smelly opening of 'giant misshaped penis'
Its species name, Amorphophallus titanum, meanwhile, means "titanic misshaped penis" in Ancient Greek. These names are accurate descriptions. Some corpse flowers have been known to grow three meters ...