Curious crowds are experiencing the fleeting bloom of the unusual "corpse flower."
The
8-foot flower bloomed Sunday at the U.S. Botanic Garden next to the
Capitol. But by the time visitors lined up Monday morning, Plant Curator
Bill McLaughlin says the "incredible stench" of rotting flesh the
flower is famous for had cleared out. The plant is native to the
tropical rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia.
Experts
had anticipated the bloom for more than a week, and it is now expected
to collapse on itself. The garden's last corpse flower bloom was in
2007.
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