hence its "corpse flower" nickname, which attracts carrion beetles and flies that help with pollination. "The blooms are rare ...

Inside the tropical house, a small greenhouse that replicates the stifling humidity of a tropical island, it’s impossible to miss the titan arum, a 7-foot-tall plant known as the corpse flower ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A putrid-smelling species of flower commonly known as a "corpse flower" is causing quite a stink at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Affectionately named "Smelliot" by garden staff ...

An Amorphophallus titanium, also known as a corpse flower, blooms for one to three days once every seven to 10 years. During the bloom, it releases a powerful smell, described by some as rotting ...

CANBERRA, Australia (KFOR) – There is something about the stench of corpse flowers that draws curious people far and wide when the giant blooms spew their putrid aroma for all to smell.

A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia ... Samples are collected using sorbent tubes connected to small vacuum pumps, which trap volatile compounds for later analysis in the lab.

The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. “I think this is an equally impressive ...

A rare flower with a pungent odour that has been likened to decaying flesh, rotten eggs and sewage has bloomed in Australia - the third such flowering in recent months. The corpse flower ...

The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was ...

Jan. 27 (UPI) --New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's rare blooming corpse flower. The Amorphophallus gigas plant, ...

The smell has cleared from Sydney after last week's blooming of the corpse flower in the city's Royal Botanic Garden. It only bloomed for about 24 hours, but tens of thousands of people streamed ...