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Do you know about this rare flower that turns transparent in the rain? Explore its fascinating features and transformation
The skeleton flower is one of the most interesting and rarest plants in nature, as it can change its looks when water falls.
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Smell that? A rare corpse flower is about to bloom at the Huntington
One of its rare corpse flowers is about to bloom, in all its putrescence. In the next 10 to 12 days, expect visitors to be lined up to enter the Huntington's sauna-like viewing area in San Marino ...
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Rare, putrid-smelling corpse flower to bloom in Missouri soon: How you can catch a whiff
Staff and patrons alike at the Missouri Botanical Garden are "holding their breath" in anticipation of a rare plant's first ... or "corpse flowers," is likely to bloom sometime between May 29 ...
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Conservation group seeks endangered species protection for rare flower found only near the Crooked River
These rare flowers in the carrot family are limited to only four populations in central Oregon. Ochoco lomatium (pronounced low-MAY-shum) lives on rocky scablands near the North Fork of the ...
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Indian Flower That Blooms Every 12 Years Under Attack
Eravikulam National Park, India — Beautiful, purplish-blue flowers that carpet the hillsides ... the shrub and its rare flowerings have disappeared from much of the region.
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, crowds drawn to its “stinky cheese, foot smell”
NEW YORK (WCBS) — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. Gardener Chris Sprindis has been ...
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Blooming corpse flower unleashes foul ‘rotten flesh’ stench at Brooklyn Botanical Garden in historical first
Would a plant by any other name stink so bad? An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Friday for the first time in Big Apple history — unleashing a ...
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It's big, it's rare and it's dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the 'corpse flower' in bloom
But this week in Sydney, a city known for its beaches and vibrant food scene, crowds flocked to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of a rare flower whose scent has been lovingly compared to that ...
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Rare corpse flower blooms at Harvard's Arnold Arboretum
In a rare spectacle of sight and smell, a corpse flower is in bloom at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. The Amorphophallus titanum, given a morbid nickname because it smells of rotting ...
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Rare Corpse Flower blooms at Eastern Connecticut State University
WILLIMANTIC, CT (WFSB) - A rare plant that only blooms once every ... ECSU is hosting an event for the chance to stop and smell the corpse flowers. The Amorphophallus titanium, towering over ...
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Rare, stinky flower blooms at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens for the first time in years
ATLANTA — A rare, smelly flower has bloomed for the first time in four years at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. There are four blooms of the African corpse flower blooming at the Fuqua Conservatory.