Post by Logan on Jun 12, 2016 21:49:38 GMT -6
Hot garbage. Gangrenous wounds. Roadkill.
Visitors to the third-floor greenhouse at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Nobel Hall of Science described the odor wafting from the aptly named corpse flower in terms similar to rotting meat.
The rare plant flowers about once every three years and brings a devoted following and curious locals to the warm, odiferous greenhouse.
Kim and Doug Pittsley got up at 4 a.m. to leave their Wausau, Wisconsin, home for the trek to Gustavus.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the plant,” said Kim Pittsley, who took many pictures. “It’s so odd, because normally, plants have a pleasant fragrance.”
Read more: www.southernminn.com/st_peter_herald/news/article_9af6e6a4-ec97-571d-97ee-374f5b4845df.html
Visitors to the third-floor greenhouse at Gustavus Adolphus College’s Nobel Hall of Science described the odor wafting from the aptly named corpse flower in terms similar to rotting meat.
The rare plant flowers about once every three years and brings a devoted following and curious locals to the warm, odiferous greenhouse.
Kim and Doug Pittsley got up at 4 a.m. to leave their Wausau, Wisconsin, home for the trek to Gustavus.
“I’ve always been fascinated by the plant,” said Kim Pittsley, who took many pictures. “It’s so odd, because normally, plants have a pleasant fragrance.”
Read more: www.southernminn.com/st_peter_herald/news/article_9af6e6a4-ec97-571d-97ee-374f5b4845df.html