Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden’s ‘corpse flower’ has bloomed. Nicknamed for its rotten-flesh scent during bloom, the plant attracted thousands of visitors daily.
A highly endangered titan among flowers that takes up to a decade or longer to bloom and mimics the stench of a rotting corpse was in full bloom on Tuesday at the Stellenbosch University Botanical Gardens.
The Sumatran forests of Indonesia are home to an unusually large and smelly plant called the titan arum or ‘corpse flower’. They only bloom once every five to seven years, but this week a ‘corpse flower’ is set to bloom for the very first time at the Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden..
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