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Chicago Botanic Garden's 2nd corpse flower is blooming

Chicago Botanic Garden

The Chicago Botanic Garden says a second corpse flower is not only on display in its semi-tropical greenhouse, but it is blooming. The garden plans to stay open until 2 a.m. Wednesday so visitors can experience the flower's famous stench.

Garden officials say the smell is a combination of Limburger cheese, garlic, rotting fish and smelly feet.  This plant has been nicknamed Alice. 

In August, another corpse flower, nicknamed Spike, didn't open after much anticipation, and garden scientists finally opened the flower manually.

The garden is live-streaming the titan arum plant on its website.

    

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