Did This Guy Accidentally Destroy The World's Rarest Flower?

The corpse flower is one of the most endangered flowers in the world. Not knowing what this flower was, and not able to handle the stench coming from it any longer, this guy chopped them down and buried them. Luckily he took a photo, and after some research he found out that the last time the corpse flower bloomed in New Zealand THOUSANDS of people gathered to see it. He destroyed and buried 12 of the world's rarest flower and it only flowers every 10 years!!!