The Amorphophallus gigas—a cousin to Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as a corpse flower—is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The specimen in Brooklyn, nicknamed “Smelliot ...
Today, it’s not a tree that’s growing in Brooklyn. Instead, the petals of a rare type of corpse flower have officially opened up at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The putrid smelling ...
Would a plant by any other name stink so bad? An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Friday for the first time in Big Apple history — unleashing a ...
“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 ...
The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous corpse flower, will bloom soon at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. “I think this is an equally impressive species ...
SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting ...
Putricia the big stinky corpse flower which bloomed at the botanic gardens in Sydney on Thursday has been visited by almost 20,000 people. Almost a million more have followed the plant's journey ...
In the wild, the stench of a corpse flower is meant to attract thousands of flies to pollinate itself. Flies swarm to Putricia.Credit: At Botanic Gardens in Sydney, staff will extract pollen ...
Putricia has reached the climax of her necrotic bloom when I arrive at her bedside at 10pm. The corpse flower’s glasshouse smells of a cadaver on the turn. And the woman who raised her ...
The discovery, which occurred on Wednesday night, threw residents into panic as many claimed they were not aware and did not perceive any foul odour of a decomposing corpse. The deceased ...