USBG Corpse Flower: July 17

Let me just state the obvious: I am obsessed with this plant. I visit Washington, DC’s US Botanical Garden’s corpse flower daily to view and photograph it. I take more and more photos every day. I just find it beautiful. I love seeing the changes and discovering new beautiful details everyday. The last two photos on this page are where the spathe overlaps itself at the base. I squatted for several minutes to get a very low angle using my zoom lens to photograph the curl that is formed. I think it is a neat detail on the plant. I also love the pink edge of the spathe as it overlies the green of the spathe’s outer side.

To best see the changes, view the photos from the past six days (July 11, July 12, July 13, July 14, July 15, and July 16). I have also created a new page on my website that has photos from everyday that shows the whole plant so they can be more easily compared. The plant should bloom very soon, but it is still growing. I am not sure if it got any taller today, but I think it got wider. The edges of the spathe appear to be getter redder. I think the fringe edge of the spathe is pulling away a bit more also. Finally, as for the daily smell report, there still is no smell.