As gardeners, the arrival of spring with new blooms and shoots it brings is an exciting, and fragrant, time. There is one flower at the Zoo, however, that bucks this trend: Amorphophallus bulbifer (A. bulbifer), also known as Voodoo lily, or more generally, a corpse flower. The latter name is the most apt description, as Amorphophallus bulbifer stinks like death.
Well, almost like death. I consider my nose well-traveled, accustomed to unpleasant odors. Our compost facility is a few dozen fee...
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