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US (NC): Rare corpse flower blooms in Fox greenhouse

A rare species of flower began to bloom Thursday afternoon in the Mary Anne Fox Science Teaching Laboratory Greenhouse. The 13-year-old plant, last measured to be 6 feet and 4 inches tall, is blooming for the first time.

The species is commonly known as the corpse flower because it releases a chemical mixture similar to that of rotting flesh, giving off an iconic scent. The greenhouse staff named the flower Lupin, which is Latin for “wolf.”

Since the year 1900, there have been fewer than 200 recorded bloomings of corpse flowers in cultivation, according to Diane Mays, a conservatory curator and teaching technician in horticulture science.

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