Wee Stinky Blooming Tonight

A Cornell photo of Wee Stinky

Wee Stinky, the corpse flower at Cornell University, is set to open and bloom tonight (Dec. 14).

Cornell officials states that about 1 p.m. Dec. 14, "Wee Stinky’s spathe started pulling back from the spadix, the earliest onset for any of our flowerings here at Cornell. So tonight is the night if you want to get a whiff up close."

The full name of the plant is titan arum. The corpse flower and plants “emits a powerful scent that smells like rotting meat to attract carrion flies and other insects that spread pollen to other Titan Arums,” according to Cornell.

For more information, go to http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/meet-wee-stinky/ to read more about Wee Stinky.