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Jean Franczyk, CEO of the Chicago Botanic Garden, uses her phone to take a photo of Sprout, a rare corpse flower that bloomed late Monday. Corpse flowers are known for their putrid scent, and typically bloom for 24 to 36 hours, and stink for about 10 hours.
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Jean Franczyk, CEO of the Chicago Botanic Garden, uses her phone to take a photo of Sprout, a rare corpse flower that bloomed late Monday. Corpse flowers are known for their putrid scent, and typically bloom for 24 to 36 hours, and stink for about 10 hours.
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The notoriously stinky flower is blooming at the Chicago Botanic Garden.