USBG Corpse Flower: July 21

My daily visits to Washington, DC’s US Botanical Garden’s corpse flower to view and photograph it have completely paid off. It is finally blooming! The spathe’s fringe has significantly pulled away from the spadix. In fact below, there are two series of photos from the same vantage point because the spathe had opened an observable amount in the hour I was there. The gorgeous purple or crimson color of the spathe’s interior is showing. As always, to best see the changes in the plant, view the photos from the past ten days (July 11, July 12, July 13, July 14, July 15, July 16, July 17, July 18, July 19, and July 20). Also, see the “Corpse Flower” page on my website that has photos from everyday that shows the whole plant so the photos can be more easily compared as well as a video that has a slide show of photos. Finally, as for the daily smell report, there still is no smell. The smell report should change tomorrow!

The below photos were taken approximately 50 minutes after the first three photos in this post. There were taken from approximately the same vantage point, and the amount the spathe has pulled away from the spadix can clearly be seen.