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 ...

The famously stinky plant known as the corpse flower is expected to bloom within the week or so, and you can tune in online ...

Something rare, massive, and very smelly is about to happen at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco: Chanel the ...

One person is dead and another is in police custody after a shooting in Plainfield. One person is dead and another is in police custody after a shooting in Plainfield. CBS4's Scarlett Ohara learned ...

CBS4's Scarlett Ohara learned more about the six-foot corpse flower that has lines of people waiting to watch it bloom.

Guests photograph "Horace," a Corpse Flower beginning to bloom at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park in St. Paul on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Derek Bourcy / Special to the Pioneer Press) ...

Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul, is expected to bloom imminently (perhaps this weekend).

The shopping strip is in the growing area around Virginia Center Commons, which has been undergoing a complete redevelopment.

Like its better-known “corpse flower” cousin, which gives off a similarly putrid smell, the Amorphophallus gigas is also notable for its central spike, which can grow up to 12 feet tall.

Friday, Jan. 24 edit: The corpse flower bloomed. Read the Brooklyn Eagle coverage here.

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

The corpse flower lives up to its nickname. Native to Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia, the giant tropical plant can live for decades and grow over 12 feet tall, but its most famous for the ...