Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower starting to open
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Hold your nose: Stinky corpse flower starting to open
A bad-smelling flower that hasn't bloomed since 2011 is just starting to open at Dartmouth College.Named Morphy, the titan arum -- or corpse flower - - began opening at about 2:30 p.m. Friday at Dartmouth's Life Sciences Greenhouse. The 7-foot-6 flower is expected to be fully open on Saturday before it starts to collapse on Sunday.The flower also emits a strong odor, described as a cross between a decaying animal and urine.The greenhouse will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.Titan arum is native to Sumatra's equatorial rain forests and is among the most popular flowers when it blooms.Webcam: Watch flower bloom
HANOVER, N.H. —
A bad-smelling flower that hasn't bloomed since 2011 is just starting to open at Dartmouth College.
Named Morphy, the titan arum -- or corpse flower - - began opening at about 2:30 p.m. Friday at Dartmouth's Life Sciences Greenhouse. The 7-foot-6 flower is expected to be fully open on Saturday before it starts to collapse on Sunday.
The flower also emits a strong odor, described as a cross between a decaying animal and urine.
The greenhouse will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Titan arum is native to Sumatra's equatorial rain forests and is among the most popular flowers when it blooms.
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