New Scientist2d
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 ...
Gardeners warned to never deadhead hydrangeas in February - here's why
Hydrangeas are a popular garden flower, but gardeners are being warned not to be too eager to deadhead them - it could have ...
Corpse flower blooms at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens for the first time
The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.
The New York Times22d
This Rare Plant Smells Horrible, but People Can’t Wait to Get a Whiff
a.k.a. a corpse flower, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The rare plant smells of rotting flesh to attract pollinators like beetles and flies that are typically drawn to dead animals. It only ...
USA Today19d
What's rare, reeks like dirty feet and rotting garbage − and New Yorkers want a whiff?
"I liken the smell to a dead possum," Sydney Botanic Gardens chief scientist Brett Summerell said. Sydney resident Rebecca McGee-Collett, who waited 90 minutes to see the flower on Thursday ...
AOL23d
It's big, rare and dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the 'corpse flower' in bloom
Lines of visitors gathered at the Australian city's Royal Botanic Garden to witness the blooming of the rare and endangered flower Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the "corpse flower," which ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation6d
Corpse flower blooms at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens for the first time
"It started smelling like wet laundry, dirty socks, dead rat ... A second flower is currently blooming at the Sydney Botanic Gardens but will not be displayed to the public and instead be kept ...