Have you been tuning into the most highly-anticipated event of the week?
With Geelongians glued to the live stream updates and heading along to the Geelong Botanic Gardens hoping to witness the phenomenon in person, the corpse plant has officially begun to bloom, releasing its intense smell after a ten-year wait.
With initial dates for the bloom projected between Tuesday 5 November to Sunday 10 November, the plant prolonged its blooming slowly growing in size and temperature, creeping up to temperatures of near 40 degrees, and releasing its frilled spathe.
Corpse Plant in Bloom
- Where: Geelong Botanic Gardens
- When: Open now for 24 hour visitation.
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The plant will stay in bloom for only 24 – 48 hours, releasing a powerful scent likened to rotting flesh, from whence its name is derived. To accommodate crowds, the Geelong Botanic Gardens will be open for 24 hours during the period of bloom.
If you cannot make it to see the event unfold in person, or simply are not attracted the smell of rotten flesh, tune into the City of Greater Geelong live stream below.
The plant has attracted record numbers to Geelong Botanic Gardens in the lead up to the event with Saturday 9 November seeing 600 people visit the site. The live stream has attracted over 55,000 views, with a total watch time of over 9,500 hours so far with these figures set to spike during the bloom period.
To get you pumped for the opening, here is fitting track from local act Ghost Orchid.
The Conservatory is currently open with extended visiting hours, open 24 until at least tomorrow. Further updates can be found here.
