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

Across the globe, certain flowers exhibit the rare phenomenon of blooming only once in their lifetime or infrequently. These extraordinary blooms, including the corpse flower and the jade vine, ...

Amorphophallus konjac, ... “It cannot pollinate itself,” said John Leichter, IU’s greenhouse supervisor. “I’m amazed there weren’t a bunch of cockroaches in it this morning, ...

Amorphophallus titanum is native to rainforests on an island in Indonesia and the flower's smell is secreted in order to attract flies and carrion beetles for pollination.

Tall, pointed, and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest.

Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in bloom at the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory, Nov. 20, 2005. ... In a scenario without carrion beetles to pollinate, ...

A huge plant known as the corpse flower in recognition of its foul smell bloomed at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Sunday night, and another similar specimen may bloom imminently, the garden said.

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

ENCINITAS, Calif. — An Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as a corpse flower is blooming at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas. It's an eye-catching flower that doesn't bloom frequently.

Amorphophallus titanum has the largest known unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom. ... They are fully ripe about six months after pollination. However, don’t eat them.

Garden officials expect the plant, technically an Amorphophallus titanum, to bloom sometime between May 30 and June 2. Corpse flowers bloom with the odor of rotting flesh as a way of attracting ...