It's opening! It's opening! The big stinky flower returns!

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:32 pm

A friend and I were there today and thought it was starting to open, and I jokingly said it was going to open up just after closing, which was at 5 PM. Sure enough, the corpse flower is opening:

: Titan Arum starting to bloom; Screen shot 2013-07-21 at 6.23.14 PM.png (138.47 KiB) Viewed 687 times

More here: http://www.usbg.gov/return-titan
And here: http://www.usbg.gov

(And I'm missing it....

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geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:52 pm

I guess I wouldn't mind seeing one of these in person but I'm fairly sensitive to the smell of death so I'm not sure whether it would send me running away gagging or not. Sorry you missed it, even if it does smell putrid! At least your conservatory is free. The NY Botanical garden is fairly expensive. It costs $20 to get in.

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:10 pm

geckzilla wrote:
I guess I wouldn't mind seeing one of these in person but I'm fairly sensitive to the smell of death so I'm not sure whether it would send me running away gagging or not. Sorry you missed it, even if it does smell putrid!

P.S.
<<Garden officials expect the flower to hit "Peak Smell" early Monday, and remain open for one or two days.>>

stephen63 · Post by **stephen63** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:53 pm

Don't forget to bring along a limburger cheese sandwich for lunch

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:44 pm

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