The smell has returned.
Kelly Doering, left, takes a look inside a blooming corpse flower Wednesday night at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The plant, known for its pungent odor and dubbed “Taylor Snift,” was also pollinated for the first time and will remain on display Thursday and Friday.
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Colten Blackburn, left, conservatory curator at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, uses a paintbrush to apply male pollen through a square hole cut in the base of the corpse flower Wednesday night while assistant conservatory curator Amanda Dix pollinates female flowers inside the large open leaf.
Olbrich Botanical Garden employees prepare brushes with pollen that was provided from a corpse flower at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
About 150 people got an early look at the corpse flower Wednesday night at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The plant began opening up around 3:15 p.m., which led Olbrich staff to begin posting announcements on social media and to send out emails to its patrons.
Claire Pellegrini, left, a plant recorder and information specialist for Olbrich Botanical Gardens, joins adult program director and registrar Emily Dufford as they take in a blooming corpse flower Wednesday night.
Photos: Corpse flower blooms at Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Kelly Doering, left, pinches his nose while reaching to look inside a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Kelly Doering takes a picture of a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
About 150 people got an early look at the corpse flower Wednesday night at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The plant began opening up around 3:15 p.m., which led Olbrich staff to begin posting announcements on social media and to send out emails to its patrons.
Astros Curtin, 11, reacts after smelling the inside of a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
The flowers growing inside a blooming corpse flower are seen through a hole that had been cut into the spathe.
Olbrich Botanical Garden employees prepare brushes with pollen that was provided from a corpse flower at Augsburg University in Minneapolis.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens Conservatory Curator Colten Blackburn pollinates a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Colten Blackburn, left, conservatory curator at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, uses a paintbrush to apply male pollen through a square hole cut in the base of the corpse flower Wednesday night while assistant conservatory curator Amanda Dix pollinates female flowers inside the large open leaf.
A Olbrich Botanical Gardens employee pollinates a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Claire Pellegrini, left, a plant recorder and information specialist for Olbrich Botanical Gardens, joins adult program director and registrar Emily Dufford as they take in a blooming corpse flower Wednesday night.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens PR and Marketing Coordinator Tom Fullmer reacts after smelling a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Rows of yellow, male flowers above rows of purple, female flowers inside a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens employees mingle inside the greenhouse where the blooming corpse flower is on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Signage directs people to a blooming corpse flower on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wi.
Kelly Doering, left, takes a look inside a blooming corpse flower Wednesday night at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The plant, known for its pungent odor and dubbed “Taylor Snift,” was also pollinated for the first time and will remain on display Thursday and Friday.
