A prominent, albeit undesirable, tourist attraction at the California Academy of Sciences is making an earlier than usual look this year.
The Academy’s resident corpse flower, Mirage, is expected to bloom at some point in between Feb. 25-29. The bloom, an uncommon and stinky occasion, lasts one to 3 days and attracts added site visitors to the scientific research gallery in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
Blooms of the plant, Amorphophallus titanum, can get to 10 feet high and release an odor evocative carrion, rotten fish, garlic, and perspiring feet.
The timing of the bloom is uncommon and the plant has actually simply gotten to typical age of maturation for flowering.
“Because of the tremendous energy needed to flower, Mirage may never bloom again or will take an additional two to three years to produce another flower,” according to the Academy.
The corpse flower has actually been under the treatment of gardeners at Steinhart Aquarium for the previous 5 years. It was talented to the Academy by the Conservatory of Flowers in 2017.
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