St. Louis' next corpse flower bloom is coming soon. Here's when
The rare and endangered plant takes between 5 and 10 years to grow, and its bloom only lasts 24 hours. Here's when the flower is expected to bloom at MoBOT. A rare Amorphophallus titanium plant, known as "corpse flowers," is set to bloom between June 9 and 12 at Missouri's Botanical Garden in St. Louis. The plant takes between 5 and 10 years to grow and its bloom only lasts 24 hours. This will be the first time this year that Millie has bloomed at the garden. The price of admission to the garden is $16 for adults and children ages 12 and under are free.
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The rare and endangered plant takes between 5 and 10 years to grow, and its bloom only lasts 24 hours. Here's when the flower is expected to bloom at MoBOT.
ST. LOUIS — A special floral event is expected to blossom soon at Missouri's Botanical Garden in St. Louis, according to garden horticulturists.
One of the garden's rare Amorphophallus titanium plants, affectionately known as "corpse flowers," is set to bloom between June 9 and 12. The bloom will release the iconic, foul-smelling odor that gave the plant its tongue-in-cheek name.
The bloom comes nearly a year after another of the garden's corpse flowers, named Octavia, bloomed and attracted numerous curious whiff-wafting tourists.
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This year's close-to-bloom corpse flower, named Millie, was gifted to Missouri's Botanical Garden by the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. This will be her first bloom at the garden.
Garden Horticulturist Emily Colletti has attended to the garden's corpse flowers for 22 years and has been present for each of the garden's 14 blooms since 2012.
“Each corpse flower is like one of my plant children. Each bloom is unique but the same in comparison,” Colletti said in a statement. “I cannot wait to see what Millie has to teach me about this wonderous giant of the plant kingdom.”
Millie is currently inside the Linnean House in the garden. Curious viewers can see Millie with the price of admission to the garden. Adults cost $16 and children ages 12 and under are free. Members of the Missouri Botanical Garden can also enter free of charge.
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