I visited that rare blooming corpse flower at the abandoned gas station in Alameda, California

The Alameda corpse flower is trending and I actually got to see it on the day it bloomed!

On Monday morning, my pal Jone Stebbins posted this to her Facebook friends, accompanied by photos, 'Omg!! The Corpse Flower is blooming! Some generous plant nerds are camped out at the little old gas station across from city hall with their Corpse Plant! — Read the rest