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River Falls Corpse Flower Opens Up

The University of River Falls greenhouse hours will be extended until 10 p.m. Monday to watch the corpse flower completely open up.

The University of Wisconsin--River Falls is expecting a corpse flower to completely open up some time Monday night.

“Things have really sped up with the corpse flower today with the increasing temperatures outside,” a news release from River Falls reads, “so we are now predicting that the flower will completely open sometime tonight.”

The corpse flower is already starting to open, according to this live feed from the greenhouse.

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You can check out the live web cam at http://www.uwrf.edu/CAFES/corpseFlowerLive.cfm or stop by the greenhouse to see (and smell) for yourself.

Greenhouse hours will be extended until 10 p.m. Monday.

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