[Washington: The corpse flower is ready for its (smelly) close-up]Washington’s corpse flowers are sort of the botanical equivalent of our giant pandas. The corpse flower that bloomed this week is the garden’s own, but the one that bloomed in 2003 was a gift from the Phillipses. the corpse flower — was about to bloom at the U.S. Botanic Garden, Helen Seitz thought of her old neighbor, Craig Phillips. Even those smelly offerings couldn’t compare to the corpse flower. “Every fall, his chauffeur would bring all the goldfish from his backyard pool down here,” Craig told a reporter.

Source: Washington Post August 03, 2016 21:22 UTC