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Thousands of visitors are expected to catch a whiff of “a cross between a corpse and a bag of old poopy diapers.”

From far and wide, young and old, with lines stretching out the door. Cameras are ready to grab the perfect picture, all looking for a closeup of a smelly flower.

People like to smell the rank odor of the plant when it flowers. People will do anything.

Octavia the corpse flower began blooming late Sunday afternoon at the Missouri Botanical Garden, when the tightly wound flower began unfurling from the spadix, a tall stalk that shoots from

Octavia the corpse flower began blooming late Sunday afternoon at the Missouri Botanical Garden, when the tightly wound flower began unfurling from the spadix, a tall stalk that shoots from

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From cute cubs to crowned queens, nightlife’s rousing. Flamenco, Modern and more rev up in dance, plus museums and galleries, and more music than an earful, all in this week’s Going Out.

"I was excited that it bloomed and that I was able to get it to bloom. I’ve been waiting since we got it,” horticulturalist Benjamin Robbins said.

From cute cubs to crowned queens, nightlife’s rousing. Flamenco, Modern and more rev up in dance, plus museums and galleries, and more music than an earful, all in this week’s Going Out.

The first person to guess in the comments on the exact time and day Octavia blooms, will win the "Garden Horrors" package.