Rare and stinky Corpse Flower about to bloom at Milwaukee's Mitchell Park Domes

A stinky plant is about to bloom at the Mitchell Park Domes! The Corpse Flower is back at the Domes and it has a fitting nickname: "Musky." When the flower blooms, it releases a smell that some describe as rotting flesh or dead animals. While the Domes are usually closed on Tuesdays, they opened specifically for the flower expected to bloom soon. Once it does, the scent only lasts 36-48 hours before the petals fall off and the flower dies. “It wreaks of roadkill and dead flesh basically,” Mary Braunreiter said. “It’s like the time you took that mouse out of the mouse trap in your basement.”