In California, hundreds of people flocked to an abandoned gas station to admire and smell a giant aro titan, known as a "corpse flower".
Whenever it blooms, the corpse flower attracts people's curiosity. An attraction towards its disgusting smell that no one seems to be able to resist
In California, a crowd of about a thousand people flocked to an abandoned gas station in an area of San Francisco Bay to admire an unusual plant, the aro titan (whose scientific name is Amorphophallus Titanum), but above all to smell its "particular" fragrance. In addition to being the largest in the world, its flower gives off such an unpleasant smell - compared to rotting flesh - that it has earned the nickname of corpse flower.
Solomon Leyva, owner of a nursery passionate about rare plants, takes care of the cultivation of the plant, endemic to the island of Sumatra. When the flower began to bloom, the man decided to publish some photos on social media, which aroused great curiosity among users.
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Seeing all that interest in the flower, he then decided to put the plant in a spot where other people could also watch it live and smell it.
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"Thanks to the help of a friend of mine, he dragged the plant down here, to this abandoned building, and immediately people started coming" - says Solomon Leyva - "Everyone is commenting that the last time they saw it was in San Francisco and there was a barrier, so they had to wait for hours and were not allowed to get close. I think everyone is stumbling to be able to get close and smell it. It's a lot of fun for everyone. "
This week, a line stretched halfway down the block to catch a glimpse of the giant flower at the corner of Santa Clara…
Posted by Melanesian Women Today on Wednesday, May 19, 2021
The corpse flower is extremely rare. According to the latest US Botanic Garden census, fewer than a thousand specimens remain in the wild. Her plant can grow up to three meters in height and takes about a decade to flower and dies within a few days. But, thanks to its pungent smell, in a short time it can attract many pollinating insects.
Source: Instagram/San Francisco Chronicle/US Botanic Garden
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