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Rare and pungent ‘corpse flower’ blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Visitors crowded the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Friday, January 24, to catch a glimpse of the blooming Amorphophallus gigas, ...
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‘Rotting' corpse flower in rare bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a limited time
It's called the "corpse flower" — otherwise known as titus-arum or amorphophallus titanum — and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden says it's smelly bloom will only last a couple of days. Looking to ...
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This Rare Plant Smells Horrible, but People Can’t Wait to Get a Whiff
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike rotting flesh. Jonathan Ritzman compared the scent of the corpse flower to ...
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Blooming corpse flower unleashes foul ‘rotten flesh’ stench at Brooklyn Botanical Garden in historical first
An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Friday ... It’s a little more unusual to see in a botanic garden,” explained Austin, who planted the ...
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Corpse flower expected to bloom in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN — THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN is set to showcase a rare event: the blooming of the corpse flower, scientifically known as Amorphophallus Gigas. Expected to blossom sometime this week ...
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, crowds drawn to its ‘stinky cheese, foot smell’
NEW YORK (WCBS) — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. Gardener Chris Sprindis has been ...
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What's rare, reeks like dirty feet and rotting garbage − and New Yorkers want a whiff?
according to Botanic Gardens Conservation International. 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 ...
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A flower blooms in Brooklyn, and it reeks of rotting flesh
A flower at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that emits a noxious smell when it blooms every two to 10 years is expected to pop this week, according to the garden’s staff. The corpse flower ...
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Rare corpse flower blooming at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
NEW YORK — A foul-smelling corpse flower is blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The BBG said around New Year's Eve, a gardener noticed the plant's inflorescence was starting to emerge and ...
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn garden; crowds drawn to its 'stinky cheese, foot smell'
NEW YORK — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. Gardener Chris Sprindis has been caring for ...
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, crowds drawn to its “stinky cheese, foot smell”
NEW YORK (WCBS) — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. Gardener Chris Sprindis has been ...