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>> JULIE: HAVING AN ENDLESS
SUMMER, THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF
PLANTS AND FLOWERS THAT BLOOM
IN FLORIDA FROM LILY’S
DISCUSS. WE TEND TO HAVE
FAVORITE FLOWERS ARE YOURS AND
POTS, BUT ONE THAT GIVES OFF
LIGHT BUT GREAT WHEN BUT ED
ROLLINS COLLEGE, THERE’S ONE
RAIN FOREST WELL OR NOT AND
THAT’S REALLY NOT. PLUS, IT’S
THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
RARE CORPSE PLANT AND THEY
HAVE MORE THAN ONE OF THEM.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT THE
GREENHOUSES BUFFERING A LITTLE
BIT HERE. BUT THE COURTS PLANT
YOU SEE HERE ACTUALLY BLEW THE
OTHER NIGHT. THERE’S ANOTHER
ONE THAT HAS YET TO BLOOM.
THIS IS LIKE A ONCE IN A
DECADE EVENT NEWS 6 INSIDER
GUIDE CRYSTAL MOYER WITHOUT
THE ROLLIN, JUST A CRYSTAL
TAKING CARE OF THESE PLANTS IS
REALLY A LABOR OF LOVE YOU. I
FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD CAUGHT THE
CORPSE PLANT. WATCH. YEAH.
WAITING FOR THE OTHER ONE TO
BLOOM AND THE LIFE. SHE WAS
REALLY COME IN HANDY THIS
YEAR. THE STUDENTS AT ROLLINS
COLLEGE ARE TAKING EXAMS RIGHT
NOW AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THEY’RE NOT ENCOURAGED TO
VISIT THE GREENHOUSE BECAUSE
THE COURTS PLANS ARE THERE.
THEY’RE BEING HELD IN THE
STUDENT BUILDING, YOU KNOW,
COULD BE DISRUPTIVE TO THEM.
HOWEVER, I GOT TO VISIT
YESTERDAY AND SEE THE FIRST
PLANT BLOOM. LET ME TELL YOU,
I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WAS BETTER
SEEING. THE RARE PLANT ARE
PEOPLE WATCHING AND WITNESSING
THE FUNNY EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR
FACES.
>> JULIE: WHEN THEY GOT A WITH
OF THOSE COURTS PLANTS.
>> THERE’S ONLY ABOUT 1000 OF
THEM LEFT IN A WHILE SO THAT
THERE ARE VERY RARE PLANT. ITS
FIRST PLAN TAKES ABOUT 10
YEARS. SO TO HAVE ONE BLOOM IS
A RARITY AND TO HAVE TO AT
MONUMENT US AND IT SURE IS A
MOMENTOUS TIME HERE AT ROLLINS
COLLEGE IS THE MORE TITANIUM
ALSO KNOWN AS THE CORPSE
PLANTS START TO BLOOM.
GREENHOUSE MANAGER ALAN CRIST
HAS THE GREEN THUMB THAT HAS
BLOOMED THESE CORPSE PLANT
SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SINCE
ACQUIRING THE SEEDS IN 2004,
THE STENCH ACHIEVEMENT
ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF
RIPLEY’S. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I
LOVE TO WATCH THE PEOPLE.
THEIR EXPRESSIONS THEIR FACES
WHEN THEY COME IN AND SMELL IT
AND SEE IT. SO DO WE ALLEN, SO
DO WE? I WAS THERE AS KIDS IN
COLLEGE STUDENTS MADE THEIR
WAY TO THE GREENHOUSE TO VIEW
AND SMELL THE MAIN ATTRACTION.
>> SOME KIDS HOLDING THEIR
NOSES. THEY
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SO WHAT DO CORPSE PLANT SMELL
LIKE? DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK.
>> RIDING FLASH BECAME LET US
MILD FERTILIZE.
>> TO DO THAT? TAKE AND TELL
ME WHAT YOU SMELL.
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>> OF FRUITY SMELL TO IT.
TWEET. DID HE JUST SAY THE
CORPSE PLANTS, MOST LIKELY
GROUP?
>> OKAY. SO I TELL PEOPLE IT
SMELLS LIKE FLORIDA ROAD KILL
IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.
THAT’S BEEN THERE FOR A FEW
DAYS. SMELLS EXACTLY LIKE
THAT. CRIST SAYS THERE’S A
STRATEGIC REASON FOR THE FOUL
ODOR. IT’S ALL ABOUT
REPRODUCTION.
>> IT’S TRYING TO POLLINATORS,
WHICH ARE CARRYING BEETLES AND
FLIES AND THEY’RE ATTRACTED TO
THE STENCH OF ROTTING MEAT.
>> AND IF THE PLANT IS LUCKY
WITH POLLINATION, IT WILL
PRODUCE SEEDS AND SURVIVE TO
BLOOM IN ANOTHER FEW YEARS
GROWING AS TALL AS 12 FEET.
THE CATCH THE BLUE ONLY LAST
ABOUT A DAY.
>> ALL THIS EFFORT AND
BASICALLY OPENS AROUND 3
O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON,
FULLY OPEN AT MIDNIGHT AND
BASICALLY BY 06:00AM IT’S KIND
OF OVER. IT STARTS CLOSING UP.
THE SMELL IS NOT AS POTENT.
IT’S OVER. SO I REALLY SHARING
IT WITH OTHERS.
>> NOW, IF YOU’RE WONDERING,
YES, HALEY, OUR PRODUCERS
WONDERING AS WELL, KRISTA
DIDN’T NAME THE PLANTS, THE
ONE THAT BLOOM FIRST THAT YOU
SAW, THE VIDEO WAS NAMED AT
SCYLLA, WHICH IS NATIVE
AMERICAN FOR BLOOM. THE SECOND
ONE IS EXPECTED TO BLOOM ANY
DAY NOW AND IS NAMED RACINE,
WHICH IS FRENCH FOR ROUTE. YOU
CAN CHECK OUT THE COURTS
PLANTS. THE ROLLINS LIVE
STREAM. I POSTED A LINK ON
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>> JULIE: SO THE SMELL OF
ROTTING FLESH IS WHAT ATTRACTS
THE POLLINATORS LIKE THIS
EXPLAINS WHAT I’M DOING WRONG.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT’S THAT’S
THE CRYSTAL, WAS IT LIKE
REALLY? I MEAN, ARE YOU
SURPRISED WITH WITH THE STENCH
OF REALLY IT WASN’T TOO BAD,
HONESTLY. AND WITH KIND OF
THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE
UNBEARABLE. BUT IT WASN’T THAT
BAD. WHAT CHRIS DID TELL ME
WAS THAT WHEN IT BLOOMS AROUND
MIDNIGHT, THAT’S WHEN IT’S BUT
THE SMELL IS MOST POTENT JUST
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER
THAT, IT’S ALREADY CLOSING
BACK UP. SO YOU THE WORST
SMELL OF IT PROBABLY CAME
AROUND MIDNIGHT, WHICH NOBODY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT
BUILDING ANYWAY. SO WE MISSED
OUT ON THAT. BUT ALSO IT’S IN
A GREENHOUSE FULL OF OTHER
PLANTS ON THINKING THEY KIND
OF MASK THE STENCH JUST A
LITTLE BIT. AND I’M NOT
COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SIZE. I
MEAN, I THINK THAT’S SO
IMPRESSIVE. AND THEN WE NEED
SORT OF THING ABOUT THE NAME
OF IT. THE SMELL YOU THINK
ABOUT LITTLE SHOP OF CARS.
YEAH. IT’S CRAZY TO LOOK AT. I
MEAN, THEY HAVE OTHERS TO
DIFFERENT ROOMS. SO YOU SAW
THE ONE THAT WAS BLOOMING AND
THERE’S ANOTHER ONE THAT’S
CLOSING. IT’S GOING LIVE ANY
MOMENT. THEY CAN GROW AS TALL
AS 12 FEET. SO THESE ARE SOME
OF THE SMALLER ONES. BUT, YOU
KNOW, GOOD FACTS HERE. THEY
DID POLLINATE SOME OF THOSE
SEEDS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF LITTLE
PLANS HAVE MAYBE THE NEXT 10