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Photos: Smelling a rare corpse flower bloom
Corpse flower
Meg Novich, of Madison, with daughters Ona, 4, and Milena, 7, reacts to the pungent smell of a 68-inch corpse flower that bloomed Thursday in Olbrich Botanical Gardens' Bolz Conservatory. The plant last bloomed in 2010.
Corpse flower
Tom Ottens, of Madison, who got off his third-shift job at 6:30 a.m., decided to stay up and see the flower that only blooms four to five times during it's 40-year lifespan.
Corpse flower
Uri Andrews of Middleton holds up his 4-year-old son, Benjamin, as Rafael, 2, waits to catch a whiff of the corpse flower Thursday.
Corpse flower
Ronda and Tom Neuhauser, of Fitchburg, take their turn to get a close-up look at the corpse flower in bloom.
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Visitors get a close look at the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, that bloomed after reaching a heigh of just under 68-inches, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens' Bolz Conservatory in Madison, Wis., Thursday, May 5, 2022. The plant, which was a donation from UW-Madison's D.C. Smith Greenhouse in 2006, last bloomed in 2010 to a height of 6-feet. Corpse flowers bloom four to five times on average during their 40-year lifespan. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Visitors take photos of the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, that bloomed after reaching a heigh of just under 68-inches, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens' Bolz Conservatory in Madison, Wis., Thursday, May 5, 2022. The plant, which was a donation from UW-Madison's D.C. Smith Greenhouse in 2006, last bloomed in 2010 to a height of 6-feet. Corpse flowers bloom four to five times on average during their 40-year lifespan. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Visitors wind around Bolz Conservatory as they wait their turn to get a look at the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, that bloomed after reaching a heigh of just under 68-inches, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wis., Thursday, May 5, 2022. The plant, which was a donation from UW-Madison's D.C. Smith Greenhouse in 2006, last bloomed in 2010 to a height of 6-feet. Corpse flowers bloom four to five times on average during their 40-year lifespan. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Corpse flower
Hundreds of people waited for hours Thursday to get a glimpse — and whiff — of a rare corpse flower bloom at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The plant, one of four at the garden, last bloomed in 2010. Blooms typically last 24 to 36 hours.
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Visitors get a look at the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, that bloomed after reaching a heigh of just under 68-inches, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens' Bolz Conservatory in Madison, Wis., Thursday, May 5, 2022. The plant, which was a donation from UW-Madison's D.C. Smith Greenhouse in 2006, last bloomed in 2010 to a height of 6-feet. Corpse flowers bloom four to five times on average during their 40-year lifespan. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
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Visitors line up outside to get a close look at the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, that bloomed after reaching a heigh of just under 68-inches, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens' Bolz Conservatory in Madison, Wis., Thursday, May 5, 2022. The plant, which was a donation from UW-Madison's D.C. Smith Greenhouse in 2006, last bloomed in 2010 to a height of 6-feet. Corpse flowers bloom four to five times on average during their 40-year lifespan. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
