{"id":124976,"date":"2024-11-12T13:10:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T06:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124976"},"modified":"2024-11-12T13:10:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T06:10:04","slug":"corpse-flower-thousands-in-australia-line-up-to-see-stinking-plant-that-only-blooms-once-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124976","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Corpse flower:\u2019 Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking plant that only blooms once a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dvkh5j000m2cp19zff3ckr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the Australian city Geelong, just south of Melbourne, thousands are lining up for the rare chance to see \u2013 and smell \u2013 an unusual plant.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i00083b6mtzr0ojkf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s rank,\u201d one visitor told CNN affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/corpse-flower-geelong-rare-flower-begins-to-bloom-in-victoria\/24c913e2-e8b1-442e-addf-fc177b222c6d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nine News<\/a>, coughing and gagging through his hand.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i00093b6mjucxf4yi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt smells like dead possum,\u201d a child said more bluntly.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000a3b6m7r3lgk6g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s the so-called \u201ccorpse flower,\u201d or Amorphophallus Titanum (often shortened to Titan Arum), named after the putrid stench it releases when it blooms to attract pollinators like beetles and flies.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000b3b6mt1tpl6jz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            However, it blooms unpredictably, sometimes just once every 10 years \u2013 and each bloom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/giant-corpse-flower-blooms-moody-gardens-trnd\/index.html\">only lasts 24 to 48 hours<\/a>, making it a highly coveted event that draws huge crowds.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000c3b6m26ft78bh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This plant was only gifted to Geelong Botanic Garden in 2021 from the State Herbarium in Adelaide, South Australia, and for years horticulturalists have been watching and waiting for signs of a nascent bud.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000d3b6mbumeltgx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The plant began blooming on Monday, November 11 after days of anticipation, with about 5,000 people arriving to see it that first day, Geelong Parks Manager Reese McIlvena told Nine News. So far, visitors have described the smell as similar to a dead mouse or a stinky pond, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geelongaustralia.com.au\/gbg\/plants\/corpseflower\/article\/item\/8dcfa8f2e06a22e.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city website<\/a> said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000e3b6m43hrerjb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The botanic garden will be open all the time until Tuesday evening, when the bloom is expected to end.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000f3b6m8kfmr89b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            For those who aren\u2019t able to make it in person, the garden also offers a livestream of the corpse flower \u2013 which has racked up tens of thousands of views so far, with viewers tuning in from across the world, according to the city website.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3dxcf5i000g3b6ma36bo0el@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some visitors have returned multiple times to watch the plant at its various stages of blooming \u2013 the slow furling of the frilly leaf at its base, which will eventually close up around the tall yellow spadix at the center \u2013 an upright column with hundreds of tiny flowers at its bottom.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/cm3dxdhpx00123b6mmhgyotqd@published\" data-component-name=\"video-resource\" data-editable=\"settings\" class=\"video-resource\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/h_eef2e7aad3b47afc3c7dd9fd2aa896c4@published\" data-video-id=\"us\/2024\/03\/05\/corpse-flower-san-francisco-rotting-sa-orig.cnn\" data-media-id=\"me3bf3f98488e357bc2c67460c8ffa16ab765dd500\" data-live=\"\" data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience=\"\" data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-auth-type=\"none\" data-content-type=\"mediasource-clip\" data-medium-env=\"prod\" data-autostart=\"disabled\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"Visitors flock to see and smell this stinking flower bloom\" data-has-video-player=\"true\" data-description=\"CNN 10's Coy Wire explains why this rare corpse plant that's blooming at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is getting so much attention.\" data-duration=\"00:52\" data-source-html=\"&lt;span class=&quot;video-resource__source&quot;&gt; 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