Titan arum, known as the corpse flower, in bloom at San Jose State University on July 27, 2022. Photo by Julia Brown. I could smell it before I saw ... identified after a bud forms when the ...

The striking and stinky plant — which members have dubbed “Smelliot” — burst open around 11:30 a.m. before ... the first ...

Corpse flowers only bloom once every eight years or so for about 24 to 48 hours before collapsing. The Domes have extended their hours today to give more people a chance to witness the flower ...

Corpse flower numbers are decreasing worldwide. Discover why conservation efforts struggle to maintain a healthy population.

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. Without ...

The flower previously bloomed in 2024, also in 2020 and 2016. According to the monitoring data from the scientific collection management unit of Cibodas Botanic Garden, the corpse flower bud was first ...

Because male and female corpse flowers bloom at different times, the flowers in these living collections rely on humans to keep their lineages alive. Their caretakers, however, face several ...