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  2. Titan arum - Wikipedia

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    Because its flower blooms infrequently and only for a short period, it gives off a powerful scent of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. As a consequence, it is characterized as a carrion flower, earning it the names corpse flower or corpse plant. The titan arum was first brought to flower in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in ...

  3. It's big, rare and dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the ...

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    The fact that Putricia is the first corpse flower to bloom at the garden in 15 years has fueled her rapid rise to fame. Up to 20,000 admirers have filed past for a moment in her increasingly ...

  4. What's rare, reeks like dirty feet and rotting garbage − and ...

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    This plant, known as a corpse flower, came to the Brooklyn garden in 2018 as a seedling from Malaysia and began blooming there for the first time on Friday.

  5. Carrion flower - Wikipedia

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    Carrion flowers, also known as corpse flowers or stinking flowers, are mimetic flowers that emit an odor that smells like rotting flesh. Apart from the scent, carrion flowers often display additional characteristics that contribute to the mimesis of a decaying corpse.

  6. Lycoris radiata - Wikipedia

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    Lycoris radiata, known as the red spider lily, red magic lily, corpse flower, or equinox flower, is a plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. [3] It is originally from China, Japan, Korea and Nepal [ 1 ] and spread from there to the United States and elsewhere.

  7. Visitors line up to see and smell a corpse flower's stinking ...

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    It was the first bloom for the corpse flower named Mirage, which was donated to the California Academy of Sciences in 2017. It’s been housed in the museum’s rainforest exhibit since 2020.

  8. Rafflesia arnoldii - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] Its local name is Petimum Sikinlili. It is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia within the family Rafflesiaceae. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5]

  9. The 'corpse flower' that smells like rotting flesh is finally ...

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