In Geelong, Australia, thousands of visitors gathered to see the rare bloom of the “corpse flower,” known for its foul odour resembling rotting meat.
This massive plant, officially called the Titan Arum, flowers only once every seven to ten years and for just one or two days. The Geelong Botanic Gardens stayed open 24 hours during the event to accommodate over 20,000 curious onlookers.
Native to the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, the corpse flower can grow up to three meters tall. It produces its stinky smell to attract pollinators like flies and beetles. Once the flower opens, the powerful odour lasts a short time before the bloom collapses.
Botanical experts explained that after the bloom ends, the plant begins storing energy for its next flowering, a process that can take nearly a decade. The event gave visitors a rare chance to experience one of nature’s most fascinating and smelly spectacles.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).