CALIFORNIA: Amorphophallus titanium, the giant corpse flower, was the centre of attraction this week at the Huntingdon Library in California in the United States as people eagerly gathered to experience the flower that smelled like “rotten flesh”.The event, which is organized once every few years, witnessed people flocking to smell the intense reek.“It smells of rotting flesh. It’s trying to …
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A 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. Key points: The Amorphophallus titanum 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 …
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SAN MARINO, United States – A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but with a corpse flower — well, tinkering around the edges isn’t going to help. A giant Amorphophallus Titanium opened its less-than-delicate petals this week at the Huntingdon Library near Los Angeles, an event that only comes once every few years. And it is giving …
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Visitors on Monday flocked to see the corpse flower in all its pungent splendor. San Marino: A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but with a corpse flower — well, tinkering around the edges isn’t going to help. A giant Amorphophallus Titanium opened its less-than-delicate petals this week at the Huntingdon Library near Los Angeles, an event …
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