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Visitors will have the chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at Como Park ...
Zoo staffers and visitors have been waiting for days to see the flower and smell the stench that comes when Frederick the ...
Frederick the corpse flower, a rare, stinky plant at the Como Zoo Conservatory, has started to bloom. That means you now have ...
Frederick the Corpse Flower at Como Park Zoo is about to bloom, standing over 71 inches tall and ready to wow visitors with ...
Rare corpse flower blooms, attracting hundreds to Como Park Zoo 01:39. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Lines were right out the door Thursday, as people waited two hours at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, and ...
Corpse flowers give off the intense smell to attract pollinators in nature, which include carrion beetles and flies.
Meet Frederick the Corpse Flower. He is 8 years old and 68 inches tall, according to the Como Zoo website.Zoo staff are prepping for a massive stench once the flower starts to open.
Hold your nose, St. Paul. Horace the giant corpse flower is about to bloom — his first grand reveal since arriving at Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in 2019 — and he’ll be making his pungent ...
Como Zoo’s corpse flower is blooming. A Marjorie McNeely Conservatory horticulturist arrived at work this morning and noticed that the rare flower, called a Titan Arum, was emitting the telltale ...
The corpse flower has captured the curiosity of Como Park Zoo and Conservatory visitors. It’s expected to bloom soon, possibly this weekend. “I just walked by and I was very intrigued,” said ...