Corpse Flower Hours Away From Big Bloom
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Officials there say the famed titan arum plant could bloom in a matter of hours.
The Chicago Botanic Garden is on death watch. Officials there say the famed titan arum plant, more popularly known as the "corpse flower," could bloom in a matter of hours and emit its notorious foul odor. The plant has attained near-rock star status lately: So far, 40,000 visitors have flocked to the Botanic Garden to see it, even though the stench is yet to come.
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Corpse Flower Hours Away From Big Bloom
Clip: 8/25/2015 | 3m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
The Chicago Botanic Garden is on death watch. Officials there say the famed titan arum plant, more popularly known as the "corpse flower," could bloom in a matter of hours and emit its notorious foul odor. The plant has attained near-rock star status lately: So far, 40,000 visitors have flocked to the Botanic Garden to see it, even though the stench is yet to come.
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