Well the Corpse flower hadn't opened at the Huntington when we went to see it. However, the entire gardens were open and we spent the entire day looking at plants from all over the world. It was pretty amazing all around. Here are some pictures, although I'm sad I don't have pictures of it open!It was in a hot, humid glass house filled with tropical plants. I can't imagine being in there when it smells like something's dead! They actually have 5 planted in there that were propogated by seed from the 1999 flowering. Imagine if all 5 bloomed at once in a hot, humid, enclosed space? Whew!!
The leaves were incredible! The Amorphophallus puts out one gigantic leaf. The petiole is the size of a person's arm!
We saw what looked like a reddish tinge inside and we thought, it's going to open any time now.
We even considered sticking it in a paper bag with some bananas :) but of course that would not be allowed. :)
The Huntington was beautiful! Truly a treasure and actually a bargain even at $15. It absolutely delighted us at every turn, and at the end of the day, we were surprised to see that 6 hours had passed, and we had to leave.
