There's a lot of reasons to go to Huntington Gardens, but the main reason I went was to see the famous corpse plant!!! I've been wanting to see this bad boy in person for so long. I tried seeing one there years ago, but there wasn't one to see. This one pictured has a 24-hour camera monitoring it's progress, as it is ready to bloom any day now. https://www.huntington.org/corpse-flower I wish I was there to see that happen, but I was happy to see this plant at the stage it was in. Such a rare flower.
A great event! It bloomed in Warsaw last year. I visited him three times in different states. There were a lot of people, but because of the original smell, no one stayed for a long time.