Environment
Santa Barbara Loves Its 'Disgusting,' 'Rotted,' 'Dirty Diaper'-Smelling Corpse Flower
The city is all abuzz over news that a rare, incredibly odiferous Titan Arum has blossomed.
For a good week now, plant lovers and fans of the macabre have been carefully monitoring the Facebook page of "Chanel, the UCSB Titan Arum." Excitement ran high as UC Santa Barbara's greenhouse workers tending this monstrous plant – which heats up almost to human-body temperature prior to releasing a stench like poop and decaying meat – gave updates on its expected blossoming hour.
"More of me is red, and I smell faintly of mushrooms..." was the news from July 25.