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Rare corpse flower blooms at Cal Poly. But you’ll have to hurry to smell it
With its stench of rotting flesh and giant size, Cal Poly’s corpse flower attracts visitors from across SLO County.
Rare corpse flower blooms at Como Zoo's conservatory, reeks of rotting flesh
Visitors will have the chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at Como Park ...
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Rare corpse flower bloom draws visitors to Cal Poly SLO | San Luis Obispo Tribune
When the corpse flower last bloomed at Cal Poly in 2020, around 3,000 people came to see it. The university has had two other blooms since then, but they were not open for public viewing.
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Conservatory Planted the Smelliest Flower — and Thousands of People Gathered to Watch It Bloom
Putricia, the smelliest flower in the world, displayed a rare bloom in the glasshouse of the Australian Botanic Garden.
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Another corpse flower is stinking up Como Park Conservatory
Guests photograph "Horace," a Corpse Flower beginning to bloom at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park in St. Paul on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Derek Bourcy / Special to the Pioneer Press) ...
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A rare, stinky moment: a bloom is coming for a corpse flower
Corpse flowers give off the intense smell to attract pollinators in nature, which include carrion beetles and flies.
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'Corpse flower' with icky smell to bloom next week at Massachusetts botanic garden - AOL
The corpse flower at The Botanic Garden of Smith College is named U2, based on the garden's alphabetical naming system. The flower arrived at the garden in 2007 as a seed, making it 18 years old.