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That's One Giant Stinky Flower

Iron Woode

Iron Woode

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http://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...tory/wcm/11565ea2-cce2-4d81-b355-f2ded7e8b863

It’s here and it stinks.

It didn’t take long for the Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, to bloom at Edmonton’s Muttart Conservatory. On Tuesday, staff at the conservatory said the flower was expected to bloom “soon” but the eager flower couldn’t wait any longer and opened up at 7 p.m. Thursday night.

The flowering plant — which has been given the name Gagnus — gives off a pungent smell of rotting flesh in order to attract insects which act as pollinators for the plant.

The stench is so rancid that it can be smelled up to 30 metres away. The bloom is expected to last between 24 and 48 hours.
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