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A stinky flower with a fanatical following is finally blooming.

“The incredibly stinky corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, is blooming,” the Denver Botanic Gardens said Tuesday night in a media release.

Botanic Garden staff describes the rare bloom — it can take up to 20 years for a first bloom and then up to 10 years for a second bloom — as an “extremely rare opportunity to see and SMELL the huge bloom that lasts less than 48 hours!”

Botanic Gardens members may view the flower Wednesday beginning at 6 a.m., gates open to the general public at 9 a.m.

This is the , 1007 York Street, as well as in the Rocky Mountain region, the proud parents said.

The gardens will be open Wednesday to midnight. Public viewing hours Thursday will be from 6 a.m. to midnight. Friday viewing hours will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Viewing of the corpse flower is included with admission price to the gardens, photographs are permitted.

Visitors should expect big crowds.


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