Corpse flower is now stinking up Vancouver's Bloedel Conservatory

A unique and exotic tropical plant, acclaimed for its size and abhorred for its smell, is blooming at a Vancouver conservatory.
A news release from the Vancouver Park Board says the titan arum, the largest flower on earth, began to bloom Sunday evening.
Over the next 24 to 28 hours the plant, better known as the corpse flower because of its powerful stench, will release an aroma that has been described as similar to rotting flesh, discarded diapers or hot garbage.
The park board says the now nea