These two corpse flowers may soon “stink up” Chicago
Two corpse flowers are ready to bloom in Chicago and thus are on the brink of ”stinking up” the city, according to Atlas Obscura.
The Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG) has moved two corpse flowers that are ready to bloom out from the production greenhouses and into the Semitropical Greenhouse, where they are currently on display.
Corpse flowers are odoriferous celebrity plants native to the island of Sumatra. The plants go through a flower cycle every half-decade or so.
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The flowers started being collected in the early 2000s by botanic gardens around the world, in an effort to preserve the species that is under threat from habitat destruction.
Meet Java and Sumatra, our twin #CBGTitanTwins now in the Semitropical Greenhouse. https://t.co/Tt0OdW7OAm #CorpseFlower #TitanArum pic.twitter.com/vk5HFjZC5b
— ChicagoBotanicGarden (@chicagobotanic) May 22, 2017
“This is one of a few times that two corpse flowers in their bloom cycles have gone on public display at the same time,” the CBG writes in their official and very informative Corpse Flower FAQ.
According to DNAInfo, Java is tall and lean, being nearly 52 inches tall and 34 inches wide, while Sumatra is squat and powerful, standing 45 inches tall and 40 inches wide.
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