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A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
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 impressive ...
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New Scientist recommends the corpse flower at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Recently, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, I had a dream come true. I got a whiff of one of the world’s stinkiest plants: a corpse flower called Amorphophallus gigas (pictured above), ...
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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 ...
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Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
It just smelled like the worst possible combination of smells,” Elijah Blades said. “That was disgusting.” The rare Amorphophallus gigas — a relative of the Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as ...