'Gagnus' the corpse flower blooms at the Muttart Conservatory

It’s here and it stinks.
It didn’t take long for the Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, to bloom at Edmonton’s Muttart Conservatory. On Tuesday, staff at the conservatory said the flower was expected to bloom “soon” but the eager flower couldn’t wait any longer and opened up at 7 p.m. Thursday night.
The flowering plant — which has been given the name Gagnus — gives off a pungent smell of rotting flesh in order to attract insect