Giant, foul-smelling flower about to bloom at Franklin Park Zoo

By adamg on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 12:48pm

Fester the Corpse Flower is getting ready to bloom in the Franklin Park Zoo's tropical-forest exhibit.

Fester is one of seven corpse flowers at Franklin Park Zoo. The other plants are currently off exhibit in the Zoo’s greenhouse. This will be Fester’s third bloom; he previously bloomed in 2012 and 2014.

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Love that name!

By Gary C on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 1:32pm.

Kudos to whomever named the plant Fester.

Fester

By erik g on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 4:14pm.

The amorphophallus titanum ("giant misshapen penis"), no less.

Botanists have all the fun.

Ooh a metaphor

By Parkwayne on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 6:59pm.

for our mayoral race.

Images. Videos.

By theszak on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 7:01pm.

Check out images and videos at
https://www.google.com/search?q=Corpse+Flower&tbm=isch