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Rare but stinky

Posted by Robin on 16 June 2010 10 Comments

Prepare to hold your nose - Bella's about to bloom again.

And if you don't like the whiff of rotting flesh, keep a good distance from UNC Charlotte's greenhouse on the morning that its rare but stinky titan arum, nicknamed "the corpse plant," first opens in full, spectacular bloom.

— Yet another corpse flower is about to bloom, this one at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Read more at What's all the stink about? at the Charlotte Observer, or track the bloom's progress (right now they say it's due between 6/24 and 7/1) at the UNC Botanical Gardens website.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: corpse flower, titan arum

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  1. miss kitty v. says:
    16 June 2010 at 10:54 am

    Who DOESN’T like the smell of rotting flesh? That’s always a crowd-pleaser.

    (Sorry, the line “if you don’t like the whiff of rotting flesh” cracked me up.)

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    • Robin says:
      16 June 2010 at 11:01 am

      LOL…it is pretty funny!

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  2. tsetse says:
    16 June 2010 at 11:50 am

    Another one?! I feel like these things are blooming all over!

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    • Robin says:
      16 June 2010 at 12:43 pm

      They really are…I think the number of plants in US greenhouses has now reached critical mass, and we will be hearing about a new one every few weeks. So eventually I should just stop reporting the corpse flower news, but for now it amuses me 🙂

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  3. Joe says:
    16 June 2010 at 3:13 pm

    I didn’t get to smell the one at the Huntington: It opened late Friday afternoon, lasted about 24 hours then closed back up. I arrived Sunday at noon (knowing all this). Still, it was interesting to look at, learn about the life cycle, and see the greenhouse. I merely missed out on the smell. It’s so funny to think people FLOCK to these places to see a stinky plant, isn’t it? It’s something to do…

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    • Robin says:
      16 June 2010 at 5:15 pm

      So the smell does not linger & pollute the whole greenhouse?

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      • Joe says:
        17 June 2010 at 12:29 am

        Well, I think when it’s open it disperses through the whole greenhouse, but then when it closes and starts to wither, it dissipates pretty fast… plus there are a lot of fans and things in there to maintain the “rainforest” atmosphere, so no, the smell wasn’t lingering the next day.

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        • Robin says:
          17 June 2010 at 9:47 am

          Interesting….they make it sound so overwhelming, surprised it’s gone by the next day! Thanks.

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  4. lemonprint says:
    16 June 2010 at 6:18 pm

    I was watching the one at Charleston, IL pretty closely and was fascinated to see it develop. I’m less interested, oddly enough, in smelling it. 🙂

    A friend who had seen that very plant when it bloomed before went to see it again and reported that the smell was far less this time. It doesn’t usually bloom again so soon (I think it had bloomed less than six years ago? dunno…)

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    • Robin says:
      17 June 2010 at 9:47 am

      Yes, it wasn’t that long ago. Maybe the greenhouse conditions make them bloom more often “in captivity”.

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