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Crowds lined up in San Francisco on Wednesday to see — and smell — the blooming of an endangered tropical flower that releases a pungent odor when it opens once every several years.
John Siemon, director of horticulture and living collections at the gardens, compared the spectacle to Sydney's 2000 Olympics, saying "we've had 15,000 people come through the gates before it [the ...
An amorphophallus titanium flower, also known as "corpse flower" (Bunga Bangkai in Bahasa Indonesia), renowned for its foul odor reminiscent of rotting flesh, is set to bloom at the Royal Botanic ...
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These flowerings can attract crowds of thousands of visitors, and in the 21st century also thousands on Internet live streaming, [25] and inspired the designation of the titan arum as the official flower of the Bronx in 1939 (replaced in 2000 by the day lily). [26] In the Botanical Gardens of Bonn, the titan arum has been cultivated since 1932 ...
The Domes will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, to give people the chance to witness the fetid flower. Mitchell Park Domes' rare, stinky 'corpse flower' is blooming for 24 hours ...
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