It was not my intent to hype the NYBG corpse flower's imminent bloom whilst denigrating Amorphophallus titanum flowering elsewhere. At 85 miles from where I live this is the regionally most convenient for me to see. If other members in the area don't know about it, they cannot visit. That's all. Carrion beetles, dogs, carrion-eating birds - I love the information shared here! Would those of you who offered this excellent information allow me to include it when I update the corpse flower entry on my web site? Stink, Stank, Stunk: Corpse Flower at the New York Botanical Garden <http://bellewood-gardens.com/2016/…> or if that does not work try http://www.bellewood-gardens.com/2016/NYBG/ Corpse Flower_2016-07.html