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A Day in the Life of a Corpse Flower

Jul 2nd, 2008 | By ingrid
A Day in the Life of a Corpse Flower

Well, more than a day actually . . .
It’s supposed to smell like rotting flesh, hence the name. But during our visit with the corpse flower (Titan arum) at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, the plant was nice enough not to pulsate and stink up the joint. The smells come in pulses, often more pungent
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