Visitors are flocking to a library near Los Angeles to view a giant corpse flower giving off an almighty stink during a rare blooming period which only comes about once every few years.
abc.net.au/news/like-an-urban-dumpster-rare-corpse-flower-stinks-out-california/102789234A giant corpse flower has opened its less-than-delicate petals this week at the Huntingdon Library near Los Angeles, in an event that only comes once every few years.is also known as the "corpse flower" because of its signature pungent smell in bloom
The odour is designed to attract carrion flies for pollination by imitating the stench of a dead animal"It smells of rotting flesh," conservatory gardener Bryce Dunn said. "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."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.
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