Titan arum's pebble-sized red, oval fruits appear nine months after fertilisation, and each contain two seeds. In the wild they are eaten and spread by birds such as rhinoceros hornbills.

Berlin is home to, without doubt, the world's most foul-smelling botanical garden at the moment thanks to a massive phallic ...

A rare corpse flower will bloom at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for the first time in two ...

The Smith College Botanic Garden is celebrating a rare and short-lived event: its corpse flower is blooming — but only for ...

It's a stinky situation at the Cal Poly Plant Conservatory this week as a giant corpse flower has begun its long-awaited ...

The Smith College Botanic Garden is welcoming a foul-smelling friend to its facility. The botanical garden posted a photo on Facebook, announcing the arrival of a titan arum, expected to flower in the ...

Titan arum also makes a good case study because of the public’s interest in it, according to Brett Summerell, chief scientist and director of science, education and conservation at the Botanic ...

A titan arum doesn’t flower annually, and instead undergoes a short blooming cycle once every five to seven years. Over just a few days, a frilled, dark red petal layer opens at the base of the ...

The titan arum heats up about 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the ambient temperature when the flower blooms. A heatmap of the corpse flower (right) compared to a visible light image (left).

A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...

The titan arum is also one of the world's largest and rarest flowers. However, the plant's main claim to fame is probably the fact that it smells almost exactly like rotting flesh.