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A Rare Corpse Flower Is About To Bloom In Massachusetts. How You Can See And Smell It.
The flower grows from a seed for about a decade before its literal moment in the sun: 24 hours in bloom.
Updated on: July 25, 2025
A rare corpse flower is about to bloom in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Horticultural Society in Dover is delighted to host the rare amorphophallus titanum for its long, long-awaited bloom.
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Pollinating insects aren't the only things buzzing in the Garden at Elm Bank. "There's all sorts of exciting things like that in the plant world and this is one of them," said James Hearsum.
It grows from a seed for about a decade before its literal moment in the sun: 24 hours in bloom. Affectionately named Eliza, it was grown in a research greenhouse at Wheaton College, which generously shared the plant so that more people could see it.
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Corpse flower at the Garden at Elm Bank in Dover, Massachusetts/CBS Boston
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