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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Plants and Flowers That Smell Bad (and You Should Avoid)
The plant world is full of stinky flowers, including both rare and more common plants. While there are many plants and flowers that smell bad that are ... The bloom has the distinct, strong ...
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, crowds drawn to its "stinky cheese, foot smell"
NEW YORK — A rare corpse flower has ... Why does it smell so bad? "It's pollenated by flies and beetles that normally lay their eggs in dead animals so the larvae has something to eat when ...
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POLL — Would you smell this stinky flower?
The titan arum has been nicknamed the corpse flower for its awful odour, which some compare to “rotting meat” or a “slaughterhouse”. Despite that, people go out of their way to smell its ...
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Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
“It smells like feet, cheese and rotten meat ... commonly known as the corpse flower – has bloomed for the first time since arriving in Brooklyn in 2018. Native to Sumatra, the plant is ...
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Don’t stop and smell this one: an intense smell from a rare corpse flower attracts visitors in San Francisco
This flower smells like poop, which attracts beetles. Tiny hairs inside the flower point downwards, trapping the insects inside. They are only released after they have pollinated the plant.
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn garden; crowds drawn to its 'stinky cheese, foot smell'
NEW YORK — A rare corpse flower has ... Why does it smell so bad? "It's pollenated by flies and beetles that normally lay their eggs in dead animals so the larvae has something to eat when ...
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, crowds drawn to its “stinky cheese, foot smell”
NEW YORK (WCBS) — A rare corpse flower has ... Why does it smell so bad? “It’s pollenated by flies and beetles that normally lay their eggs in dead animals so the larvae has something ...