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A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
Story continues below 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 ...
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This Rare Plant Smells Horrible, but People Can’t Wait to Get a Whiff
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike rotting flesh. Jonathan Ritzman compared the scent of the corpse flower to ...
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Corpse flower ‘Putricia’ begins long-awaited stinky bloom
A giant foul-smelling flower that has become an unlikely internet darling has finally begun to bloom - and its rotting flesh-like odour has not been enough to deter its many fans. The corpse ...
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Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
“That was disgusting.” The rare Amorphophallus gigas – a relative of the Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower – has bloomed for the first time since arriving in ...