Corpse flowers are the celebrities of the plant world. When these rare plants bloom in botanic gardens, thousands of fans ...

The researchers found that of the plants they studied, 24% were direct clones and 27% were the offspring from two closely related corpse flowers. As any biologist, ecologist or zoologist will tell ...

Generally speaking, inbred plants might not produce as much pollen or might die right after they flower. One institution reported that, possibly as a result of inbreeding, all their corpse flower ...

Generally speaking, inbred plants might not produce as much pollen or might die right after they flower. One institution reported that, possibly as a result of inbreeding, all their corpse flower ...

While Rosengreen says someone could grow a corpse flower in their home if they wanted to — “you’ve got to keep it warm and eventually it’s going to outgrow your house,” he says ...

Flowering plants represent about one-sixth of all ... Standing at up to 20 feet tall and stretching 16 feet across, the Sumatran corpse flower is easy for most pollinators to spot, but the ...

Image caption, Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t smell this picture It may not look like the plants growing in our flowerbeds or window boxes, but that is part of the corpse flower's design.

Inside the hot, humid greenhouse at Summit Sprouts, Sarah Dormer leaned in close to the blooming amorphophallus konjac, took a deep breath and recoiled, gagging.

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. The data and records were severely lacking and not standardized.