Virginia Tech "Corpse Plant" To Bloom On August 4th

Radical Rad writes "Virginia Tech has a second Amorphophallus titanum, or 'corpse plant,' ready to bloom and emit its intensely powerful stench. The plant only blooms once every 4 to 20 years and lasts only 2-3 days. Its stench attracts carrion beetles and flesh flies to pollinate it. See this link for photos of the bloom." Instant road-trip excuse.

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its also blooming here

[8up]

the flower in question is also in bloom at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens - http://www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org/events_and_e xhibits/events/stinkyflower.htm

Re:its also blooming here

[some guy I know]

Atlanta Botanical Gardens - go there for the Chihuly ehibit; stay for the stinkplant!
(I was there a couple of weeks ago, and saw both.
It's worth the $12/head if you're in the area and have a few hours to kill.)

also at

[timothv]

This corpse flower at UCDavis is blooming in 2-3 days as well. Amazing timing.

There are more in Miami

[juggledean]

There are many pages and pictures at Fairchild Tropical Garden. There is even an animated gif

It's a huge flower.

This week at UW-Madison

[bubblewrapgrl]

One of the several Titan arum plants that are at UW-Madison is also blooming this week (called "Little Stinker"). The link has daily updates on this specific plant and also some general information on the species.

http://www.news.wisc.edu/titanarum2004/index.html

Re:There are more in Miami - split infinitive :-(

[Martin Blank]

Split infinitives are fairly hotly debated (as such topics go) amongst the elite grammarians. I remember reading a few years ago that the usage that has been condemned for more than 200 years is now becoming acceptable. While I couldn't find that article specifically, the following excerpt covers the gist of it.

From The American Heritage Book of English Usage, 1996:

The only rationale for condemning the construction is based on a false analogy with Latin. The thinking is that because the Latin infinitive is a single word, the English infinitive should be treated as if it were a single unit. But English is not Latin, and people split infinitives all the time without giving it a thought. Should we condemn compound infinitives, such as I want to go and have a look, simply because the infinitive have has no to next to it?