"I study human remains—specifically the odor of decomposition," Thurn said. "When I heard the corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, was blooming, I thought, 'Does it really smell like human ...
Instead, the petals of a rare type of corpse flower have officially opened up ... If it is a non-flowering year, one leaf about the size of a small tree will shoot from the corm.
Thousands of people queued in Australia last week to smell a flower. The corpse flower, which blooms once every few years ... It is reassuring that in a time when everything is available at once ...