Vancouver Corpse Flower

• Foul, fetid and for a limited time: Vancouver’s corpse flower blooms

  Vancouver's only corpse flower, known affectionately has Uncle Fester, has bloomed at the Bloedel Conservatory.

  Environment

  Aug 19, 2021
  
• 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
  
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• Vancouver’s rare ‘corpse flower’ blooms for the first time, get a whiff while you can

  Officials say the flower's stink will be at its putrid peak starting at 7 a.m. Monday.

  News

  Jul 16, 2018
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• 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