(9 Jul 2025)
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San Francisco – 9 July 2025
1. Conservatory of Flowers exterior
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lindzy Bivings, Interpretive Programs Manager, Gardens of Golden Gate Park:
"We’re so excited to have everyone line up today. They’re all here to see a phenomenon called the corpse flower. The corpse flower is a general term for a plant called a morphophallus titanium. And it’s a rare plant from the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. There’s only about 1,000 of them left in the world. And aside from being rare, the phenomenon is that it’s really giant. It’s about six feet tall. And it has the stench of a dead body, hence the name corpse flower"
3. Various visitors checking out corpse flower
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lindzy Bivings, Interpretive Programs Manager, Gardens of Golden Gate Park:
"It takes about 10 years to build up to the first bloom. And then after that, there’s only a bloom every three to five years. So this is, Chanel is what we call this plant. And Chanel last bloomed about three years ago. And so it’s wonderful that she’s here again and that we have all these people here to explore with us."
5. Various corpse flower
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lindzy Bivings, Interpretive Programs Manager, Gardens of Golden Gate Park:
"So, it’s called a corpse flower because it has the stench of a dead body. The reason it has that is because it’s trying to attract its pollinators, which are the carrion flies and beetles, things that like to lay their eggs inside dead animals."
7. Various corpse flower
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Pinegar, Visitor:
"The only other thing that I know is is as notorious is like durian, but I haven’t had a durian experience yet. So we’ll get there eventually. Right now. It’s the corpse flower"
9. Visitors check out the corpse flower
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna Pinegar, Visitor:
"It’s a very unique thing. You’re not always in a city where you’re gonna be able to go see it, and we’re just an hour away, so it wasn’t a big deal to come down. And for anybody who’s into plants, flowers, it’s really cool."
11. Corpse flower
STORYLINE:
A rare botanical event is unfolding in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
“Chanel,” the corpse flower inside the Conservatory of Flowers, has entered full bloom, a spectacle as fleeting as it is fascinating, lasting just 48 hours.
The corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) is native to Sumatra’s rainforests and boasts the world’s largest unbranched flower.
Its bloom can soar up to 10 feet tall, while its single leaf, between cycles, may reach a towering 15 feet.
Listed as Endangered with fewer than 1,000 individuals in the wild, this botanical marvel blooms unpredictably.
It typically flowers once every three to five years.
True to its nickname, the corpse flower emits a potent odor akin to rotting flesh.
This macabre aroma lures carrion beetles and flesh flies, the plant’s pollinators.
Chanel’s bloom is drawing both in‑person admirers and virtual audiences via livestream, with the Conservatory extending its hours to accommodate the deluge of scent-seeking crowds.
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