{"id":2012662,"date":"2023-08-25T23:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-await-bloom-of-worlds-largest-and-stinkiest-flower-at-huntington-botanical-gardens\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T03:51:20","slug":"hundreds-await-bloom-of-worlds-largest-and-stinkiest-flower-at-huntington-botanical-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-await-bloom-of-worlds-largest-and-stinkiest-flower-at-huntington-botanical-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Many eagerly await the bloom of the world&#8217;s largest and smelliest flower at Huntington Botanical Gardens."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-await-bloom-of-worlds-largest-and-stinkiest-flower-at-huntington-botanical-gardens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012662&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>This week, visitors \u2064at The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California were in for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-garland-and-doj-failed-to-make-hunter-biden-register-as-foreign-agent-while-he-was-on-burisma-board\/\" title=\"Lawsuit alleges Garland and DOJ neglected Hunter Biden's foreign agent registration during Burisma tenure.\">special \u200dtreat<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>Located in the\u2063 gardens\u2019 conservatory is the <em>Amorphophallus Titanum<\/em>, or Corpse Flower, a rare and fascinating plant that was expected to bloom\u2063 soon.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this flower unique is its notorious nickname and its pungent smell. Once it blooms, the flower emits a strong odor that\u200b has earned it the name &#8220;Corpse Flower.&#8221; The bloom \u200clasts for \u200donly two \u2064to three days before\u200b transforming into a large seed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/corpse-flowers-strangely-bloom-at-same-time-coincidence-or-omen-2134134\">Corpse Flowers Strangely Bloom at Same Time: Coincidence \u200cor Omen?<\/a> (5\/9\/2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/corpse-flower-to-bloom-in-santa-barbara-calif-198319\">Corpse Flower to Bloom in Santa Barbara, Calif.<\/a> (7\/23\/2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Visitors of all ages flocked\u200d to the gardens, hoping to witness the rare moment when the Corpse Flower would emerge.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200dvisitor, Mia Toledano, described the flower as both beautiful and ugly, resembling something out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-this-image-leaked-from-a-secret-dulce-new-mexico-military-base\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Was This Image Leaked From A Secret Dulce, New Mexico, Military Base?\">science fiction movie<\/a>\u200b like Avatar.<\/p>\n<p>The Huntington has even set up a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-astros-catcher-admits-participating-in-cheating-scandal\/\" title=\"Former Astros Catcher Admits Participating In Cheating Scandal\">live camera feed<\/a> on their website, allowing\u200c viewers to watch\u200b the flower&#8217;s bloom for free.<\/p>\n<p>The bloom of the Corpse Flower is a truly spectacular event, as these plants can live\u200b for years without flowering. It is a once-in-a-lifetime treat for botanists and the public alike.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Huntington Botanical Gardens \u200bin San Marino, Calif., on Aug. 24, \u200c2023. (Carol Cassis\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Huntington has a special connection to the Corpse Flower. In 1999, \u2063it\u2062 was the site of the first known bloom \u200cof this species in California. At that time, it was referred to as &#8220;the big stinker&#8221; and was only the 11th recorded bloom in the\u200c United States.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Huntington botanists have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-await-bloom-of-worlds-largest-and-stinkiest-flower-at-huntington-botanical-gardens\/\" title=\"Many eagerly await the bloom of the world's largest and smelliest flower at Huntington Botanical Gardens.\">successfully \u2062hand-pollinated<\/a> the\u2063 plant, \u200bresulting in several generations of &#8220;little \u2063stinkers&#8221; waiting for their moment to bloom in the greenhouses.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>The Titan \u2064Arum plant (Amorphophallus titanum), also\u200d known as the corpse flower or\u2064 stinky plant, is seen in full bloom at the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory in\u200d Washington, D.C., on July\u200c 22, 2013. (Karen Bleier\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, many visitors flocked to The Huntington Botanical Gardens in California, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare and pungent 5-foot tall &#8220;Corpse&#8221; flower. Housed in the conservatory, this Amorphophallus Titanum is anticipated to bloom soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2249,"featured_media":2012663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}