Strange Happenings - Corpse Flowers are blooming

[packman]

The rare tropical plant takes nearly a decade to form its first bloom and, when it does, the odor it releases is comparable to rotting flesh. The blooms also only last for a day or two.

So, it’s incredibly strange that corpse flowers from Missouri to Florida are suddenly blooming all at the same time.

Scientists aren’t sure why this phenomenon is happening, but the flowers are releasing their deathly smell in Bloomington, Indiana; Sarasota, Florida; Washington, D.C.; St. Louis and New York

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/corpse-flowers-blooming-everywhere_us_579f4ab2e4b0693164c1b0f1

[FSogol]

1. It is a Triffid.

[dalton99a]

2. To celebrate Dear Leader's coronation.

[angstlessk]

4. I think it's more to declare America is DEAD...smell the corpse!

[dalton99a]

6. Yep.

[Lint Head]

3. The smell of political success.

[Princess Turandot]

5. lol but unfortunately, it's from 8/2016 nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. Huffington Post is a news aggregator. They repackaged an article that the BBC ran two days ago.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170119-lots-of-corpse-flowers-bloomed-in-2016-and-nobody-knows-why

As you note, the flower bloomed at the US Botanical Garden in August.

[Drahthaardogs]

7. Maybe it really is the end of times?

I don't remember there being an Orange Horse though. Hmmmm

[Vinca]

8. In honor of Trump. He'll bottle the stench and sell it as cologne. Anything for a buck.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Story was from August - probably when Putin put the final nail in.