The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is currently hosting a unique botanical event with the blooming of a corpse flower, known scientifically as Amorphophallus titanum, on Tuesday. Donated by the Conservatory of Flowers in 2017 and nicknamed Mirage, this is the plant's first bloom at the academy. The corpse flower is renowned for its pungent odor, which many compare to rotting flesh, sweaty feet, or even a porta potty. The rare occurrence has attracted large crowds eager to experience its notorious scent firsthand. Horticulturists at the museum explain that the flower's smell mimics that of a dead carcass to attract pollinators. This event has generated significant interest, as the corpse flower is a rare plant with only about 1,000 specimens remaining in the wild.
Visitors line up to see and smell a corpse flower’s stinking bloom in Golden Gate Park https://t.co/X66Uz7rsxk
A stinking 'corpse flower' has bloomed and attracted crowds in California. There are only around 1,000 specimens left in the wild of this rare plant, which generates a lot of interest when it blooms. https://t.co/FcHLW4UWvV https://t.co/whqzwqFzOi
It was the first bloom for the corpse flower, nicknamed Mirage, at the California Academy of Sciences. A horticulturist at the museum said the flower imitates the smell of a dead carcass. https://t.co/QMADsxGQlN
Hundreds Line Up in San Francisco to See 7-Foot Tall Corpse Flower That Smells 'Like a Porta Potty' https://t.co/K6XkYEGNpk
Visitors line up to see and smell a corpse flower's stinking bloom in San Francisco https://t.co/5g7LTFeQ4I
What's that smell? 🤢 It's the first-ever corpse flower bloom at the @calacademy of Sciences in San Francisco! While the event's got biologists excited, it has observers describing scents including rotting flesh coming from the exotic plant. https://t.co/GaeeD82yg1 https://t.co/lGH4zGMjyf
The @calacademy is celebrating their first EVER corpse flower bloom in San Francisco! Some say it smells like rotting flesh, but I think it smells like a sweaty pair of gym shoes. 🤣🤷🏼♀️🌱🌺 @abc7newsbayarea Details: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/cC3hzCihbl https://t.co/aZ2Tt0QGGq
Sweaty feet? Rotten flesh? Garlic? Those are just some of the ways people are describing the smell of the first-ever corpse flower bloom at San Francisco's @calacademy.. Would you give it a whiff? https://t.co/DfnwvGb7eh
The corpse flower at the California Academy of Sciences bloomed Tuesday. https://t.co/eS9c8lofOC
Famously smelly corpse flower begins to bloom in San Francisco https://t.co/6vUGaX5VNw
The corpse flower is blooming in SF at the cal academy of sciences IF ANYONE EVEN CARES https://t.co/iHfgUPcBqF
Do you smell that? Mirage, a Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum) that the Conservatory of Flowers donated to the California Academy of Sciences in 2017, is about to bloom! https://t.co/hcoRVRoFHF
The San Francisco institution announced Thursday morning that its resident corpse flower is about to bloom. Meaning it’s about to smell like a whole bunch of dead stuff up in the Osher Rainforest. https://t.co/i8MP1esFiC