A few month ago, I wrote about my love of flowers. Well, I have just found one flower that I think I might have a hard time loving - it is called a Corpse Flower! The reason it is named that is because it smells like rotting flesh! It is a giant rain forest plant, growing to eight feet. The green house co-ordinator at Ohio State University has been growing this plant since 2001 and it is finally going to bloom this May. Once the plant blooms, it releases a strong odor that smells like a decomposing body. Apparently, this plant only blooms once every decade. After waiting ten years for this blossom, the flower withers after only a day or two! The botanist who has been caring for this plant must be very patient. The University is planning on offering visitors the opportunity to see the plant and smell it. Waiting ten years to see a bloom that will only last a couple days and smells like rotting flesh just because you love plants. . . it's a good thing!
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