Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench
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Caroline Murray, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, leans in to smell the blooming corpse flower known as "Pangy" at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)Tom Clark, greenhouse director and curator of Mount Holyoke College's botanic garden, waters plants nearby the blooming corpse flower known as "Pangy" at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)Students take a selfie with the blooming corpse flower known as "Pangy" at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)Michael Breton takes a closer look at the blooming corpse flower known as, "Pangy," at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)/// A close-up view shows the interior of the blooming corpse flower, or Amorphophallus titanum, known as "Pangy," at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
Caroline Murray, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, leans in to smell the blooming corpse flower known as "Pangy" at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)