San Francisco's notorious corpse flower 'Chanel' is about to bloom at the Conservatory, bringing crowds eager to smell its ...

Exact timing of the bloom is unclear, but campus officials predict it will occur this week – Cal Poly will host a rare corpse ...

Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul ...

Scent molecules vary widely in Amorphophallus but are usually unpleasant: In a 2023 report, the researchers noted that the odors can range “from carrion, faeces, urine, dung, fish, sewerage ...

Sometimes it’s a win-win Plants that employ brood-site mimicry as the corpse plant does are cheaters—they lure pollinators with the scent and look of decay, but offer no food reward. Yet some plants ...

The Amorphophallus titanum blooms every three to seven years The corpse plant at NC State, known as Lupin, last bloomed in 2019 Brandon Huber, a horticulture scientist, is the owner and grower of ...

The results were startling: Thermogenesis in Amorphophallus was all over the place, the team reported in the Plant Journal. Many species produced heat for at least 48 hours, some species kept it ...

Berlin is home to, without doubt, the world's most foul-smelling botanical garden at the moment thanks to a massive phallic ...

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

The corpse flower named “Phil” at Cal State Long Beach has bloomed. The university welcomed community members on Wednesday, June 18, for the special occasion.