Amorphophallus titanum is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Domes received a gift of a dormant corpse flower corm — similar to a bulb or tuber — about 16 years ago from the ...

Its species name, Amorphophallus titanum, meanwhile ... "corm" of the flower to gather enough energy to bloom. This heavy bulb-like structure usually cycles through "leaf" stages, sending up ...