One of my favorite places in Buffalo is the Buffalo and Erie
County Botanical Gardens, especially when they’re having a flower show. This
time around, the showcase is one of fall’s favorite flowers, the mum.
But there’s a special guest at the mum show.
I didn’t make it to the Gardens while their original corpse
flower, Morty, was in bloom in August (read about it here),
I did get a chance to see Morty’s sibling – I’ll call it Morticia, because that’s
what I voted for in the “name the new corpse flower” contest the Gardens is
holding (and because I’m all about the Addams Family).
The Gardens purchased three corpse flower tubers in July
from a nursery in Massachusetts – Morty has bloomed, while Morticia has a
tree-like leaf structure. They only bloom - its stinky flower smells like
rotting flesh - once every six to 10 years (that’s probably a good thing). Learn
more about the corpse flower in this
piece from the Gardens’ website.
Yep, it is that big.
But back to the mums. They’re absolutely beautiful, and the
colors are so vibrant (especially the purple ones - my favorite color!). I can’t help but take more pictures than I really should
(because then I have to go through and just pick out a few to show you!).
all photos: paulathompsonfreelance.com
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