Hundreds line up outside gas station: People want a whiff of a rare, smelly 'corpse flower' Amorphophallus is from the Ancient Greek word amorphos, meaning "misshapen." Phallus translates to penis ...

Corpse flowers can live at least a decade or more in captivity, but they usually take five to 10 years to bloom, meaning a plant may only bloom a few times in its life. And when it does ...

The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests ... The titan arum’s female flowers are receptive for a very short time, meaning the window of opportunity for successful reproduction ...