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The famously stinky plant known as the corpse flower is expected to bloom within the week or so, and you can tune in online ...
The time has come for an infamous flower bloom — rare enough to draw crowds — inside a greenhouse at Austin Peay State ...
A rare plant housed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, infamous for its putrefying stench, is on the verge of blooming. State of play: Affectionately nicknamed Chanel by staff, the Titan ...
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.
The Smith College Botanic Garden is celebrating a rare and short-lived event: its corpse flower is blooming — but only for the weekend, most likely.
The titan arum's inflorescence can reach over 10 feet in height and weigh as much as 170 pounds. An inflorescence is a cluster of smaller individual flowers, like a daisy or sunflower.
Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul ...
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.
It's a stinky situation at the Cal Poly Plant Conservatory this week as a giant corpse flower has begun its long-awaited ...
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).