A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but with a corpse flower—well, tinkering around the edges isn't going to help.
A giant Amorphophallus Titanium opened its less-than-delicate petals this week at the Huntingdon Library near Los Angeles, an event that only comes once every few years."It smells of rotting flesh," says conservatory gardener Bryce Dunn."It's trying to attract carrion flies to come pollinate it, so the more it can get that smell out the more flies it attracts, the better the plant does.
The bloom, which stands as tall as a human being, is actually a collection of hundreds of little flowers, both male and female, opening at slightly different times, and has been preparing for its moment in the spotlight for around a month. But like all the best floral treats—think of the delicate ephemerality of Japan's famous cherry blossom, but stinky and smelling of dead things—you've got to be quick to catch it., but it's quite spectacular."Blooming smelly: The corpse flower is a thing of beauty to look at, but -- whoa! -- that stench!But for Paul Rulmohr, the name didn't quite seem accurate.
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