'Bizarre' plant close to a rare bloom at Charlotte gardens. Smell it — if you dare.
Thousands of visitors are expected to catch a whiff of “a cross between a corpse and a bag of old poopy diapers.”
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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