Stinky Flower

• Pee-yew: Vancouver’s big, stinky corpse flower set to bloom again

  Corpse flowers only bloom every two to 10 years due to of their massive size and energy needs. When they do, they produce a smell akin to rotting meat or hot garbage.

  Environment

  Aug 4, 2021
  
• What’s six-feet tall and smells like rotting meat? Vancouver ‘corpse flower’ is no joke

  The massive flower is expected to produce an aroma with notes of discarded diaper and hot garbage when it blooms.

  Environment

  Jul 11, 2018
  
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• Corpse flower blooms at Muttart Conservatory (and stinks it up)

  The Putrella, also known as the corpse flower due to its pungent small, fully opened overnight Friday.

  Environment

  Apr 29, 2017
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• Putrella, the stinky corpse flower, will bloom again at Muttart Conservatory

  Edmonton's Muttart Conservatory announced Tuesday that its infamous — and incredibly putrid — Putrella "corpse flower" will bloom in the next week or two.

  Environment

  Apr 18, 2017
• Stinky flower blooms at Muttart

  A rare plant with a very distinguishing aroma has bloomed at Edmonton's Muttart Conservatory.

  Environment

  Apr 22, 2013