知道僵尸新娘吧？快来UCD的植物温室中见识一下“僵尸花”。“僵尸花”是世界上最大的花。这株巨大的花事实上是一丛同根生的花。这种植物要花十五年的时 间才能完全成长，然后开花。它能开花并不见得是一件好事，因为当它开花后，它会散发出浓烈的气味，如同臭鸡蛋、腐肉或者是僵尸的味道。但是人们却没有被吓 走，相反，开花的“僵尸花”吸引了成千上万的人走进这个温室来见识它的“盛名”。

最近一株“僵尸花”开花的时间是2012年，而它的同伴们将在不久的将来迎来他们的开花时刻。该温室中将有两株（可能是4株）“僵尸花”将在明年开花，其中一株也许是“僵尸花王”，该花从2003年以来已经盛开五次了。

Corpse bride? At UC Davis, we have corpse flowers
 
Corpse Bride, meet the corpse flowers at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory. The largest bloom in the world, the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) flower is really a cluster of many flowers growing from the same base. It can take 15 years for the plant to become big enough to produce a bloom. That may be a good thing because when it does, it emits a powerful fragrance akin to rotten eggs, rotten meat or, yes, a corpse. But instead of repelling, the blooming corpse flower has attracted thousands of people to the conservatory to meet — and smell — it in all its putrid glory.

The last time a corpse flower bloomed at UC Davis was 2012, but friends of foul flowers should get their chance for a wicked whiff soon! The conservatory expects two, and possibly four, corpse flowers to bloom next year, one of which will most likely be Ted the Titan, which has already bloomed five times since 2003.