Mega Bloomer

The giant corpse flower blooms only rarely, this one after seven years at the U.S. Botanical Garden.  Called “corpse” because it smells like dead meat when it blooms, the city was seriously awed by the appearance.  A couple coworkers and I stood in line for 20 minutes over lunch on July 22 to catch a glimpse.  Fortunately for us, nobody fainted--either the smell had dissipated or we didn’t lean in close enough to get a good whiff.  Gorgeous thing, however.

A cool wooden daisy and bumble bee at the garden.