The Botanic Garden said the “corpse flower” plant named Spike wouldn’t be blooming Tuesday.
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The Chicago Botanic Garden’s biggest new star will put on a smelly show any day now, according to the garden. The Chicago Botanical Gardens has owned the five-foot tall plant for twelve years now, but this will be the flowers first blooming in Chicago.
Pollen gathered from the Denver garden’s plant was sent to Chicago to pollinate its corpse flower.
The Chicago Botanic Garden’s corpse flower could bloom any day now, according to the garden. The flower has been attracting more flies.
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Generally, such rare plants bloom for 24 to 36 hours. “Spike” is located in the garden’s semi-tropical greenhouse at the Regenstein Center. Since the time it has gone for display, more than 38,000 people have viewed the flower. The odor is strongest in the early morning. Crowds start to come at 7:00 a.m. when the gates are opened and even stay after 9:00 p.m., when the garden officially closes. The plant is found in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia. The plant is expected to bloom on August 26, 2015.Treehugger provided a live-stream video of the event.
