There's an exciting thing happening at nearby Rollins College. The corpse plant bloomed on Sunday night. This happens only once every 10 to 12 years. And the bloom lasts for only 36 hours before beginning to fade. Why the name? The corpse plant smells like a decomposing body. It smells like rotting flesh. So people must avoid it at all costs, right? You know better. They've been lining up since Sunday trying to get a sniff.
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| Dave and the corpse. |
And there's a 24 hour web cam in the Rollins greenhouse for those of us who can't find a parking spot. But nothing deterred Dave and his friend Dave this morning. They saw it and smelled it.
However, since it's Tuesday and the corpse is beginning to fade, they missed out on the truly disgusting, revolting, stomach turning odor.
Darn!
A native of Sumatra, the corpse plant (or Amorphophallus Titanom) was first grown by humans in London in 1889. Since then there have been less than 200 around the world.
So I'm proud Dave got to get a little whiff.
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