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Beautiful but stinky ‘corpse flower’ set to bloom

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Aug 18, 2015

A bloom 10 years in the making is on its way, and it is likely going to stink for days.

The corpse flower, named because its flower emits a foul odor, is going to bloom soon for the first time at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

As of Tuesday, the flower has not bloomed, according to garden officials.

"Don't know when bloom will occur," officials posted on Twitter. "Could be later this week."

The garden has a live-cam feed of the flower being

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The flower, native to Sumatra, lives for 24 to 48 hours and can take up to 10 years to bloom again.

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