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

Indiana University's beloved corpse flower, Wally, recently bloomed. When will the rare sight and horrible smell happen again ...

Corpse flowers, or Amorphophallus titanum, are a species of plant native to the Indonesian rainforest. They only bloom after ...

Plant biologists examined records for nearly 1,200 individual corpse flower plants from 111 institutions around the world. ... Gardens go to great lengths to care for these charismatic companions.

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Capturing the attention of nearly 20,000 people when it first bloomed in 2019, Titan VanCoug, the corpse flower that lives on the first floor of Washington State University ...

Of the corpse flowers studied, therefore, 24% were clones and 27% were offspring from two closely related individuals. The study is published in the Annals of Botany.

Grogan told 22News that it isn’t easy to take care of these flowers due to their irregular life cycle. The flower will begin to smell like a corpse as early as next week. Local News Headlines ...

Cal Poly’s campus Plant Conservatory is home to a rare and brief corpse flower bloom, seen here on June 26, 2025. The flower is known for a pungent odor reminiscent of rotting flesh.

Native to the rainforests of western Sumatra in Indonesia, corpse flowers are infamous for their stench. To attract ...

Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species.