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The Missouri Botanical Garden’s largest corpse flower, named Octavia, is expected to bloom in early August. The flower weighs ...
The rare corpse flower bloom lasts for only 24 hours and emits a foul odor that mimics rotting flesh. ST. LOUIS — A rare ...
The Missouri Botanical Garden announced that one of its titan arums, or "corpse flowers," is likely to bloom sometime between May 29 and June 5. This particular plant, named Lucy, is 7 years old ...
According to the botanical garden, the Corpse Flower’s actual name is the titan arum. The flower gives off a foul smell “mimicking rotting flesh” when it blooms—which is usually just over a day ...
April showers bring May flowers—and the full flower moon. The moon — which will peak at 12:56 p.m. ET May 12 but will appear full that evening — is the third and final micromoon of 2025 ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. A corpse flower blooms in the Linnean House conservatory at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis on Oct. 18, 2013 ...