"Little Miss Stinky," a corpse flower or titan arum, blooms at the University of California, Riverside's Botanic Gardens. Visitors at the University of California, Riverside’s Botanic Gardens were ...

A rare, stinky and somewhat sexual spectacle about to unfold at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers has its roots in a Mission District bathroom. Terra the Titan, a titan arum plant also known ...

Corpse Flower, also known as titan arum, is the smelliest plant on Earth that reeks of rotting flesh and death when in bloom.

Tony Holland gawked at the sprawling flower, which jutted more than 6 feet above him. Its distinct, rancid odor cut through the air, like rotting flesh. It was Holland’s dream come true. “Just to be ...

Corpse plants definitely earn their nickname. Their pungent odors attract not only the carrion insects – beetles and flies normally drawn to decomposing meat – that pollinate the plants, but also ...

Although the scent of damp, dense, greenery is overwhelming, it is the rotten fish smell that overpowers your nostrils. As you step closer, the monstrous spadix and purple flower come into view ...

A 6-foot-tall titan arum plant that reeks of rotting flesh when it flowers is blooming at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. Often called the "corpse flower," the enormous ...

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 it. After being led up a secured elevator and down ...

Send congratulations to the Ohio State University Biological Sciences Greenhouse in Columbus. Horticulturists there are witnessing a rare blooming of Amorphophallus titanum, or titan arum, a plant so ...

Visitors at the University of California, Riverside’s Botanic Gardens were witness to a rare and smelly sight last weekend. A titan arum — also known as a corpse plant or corpse flower — dubbed ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Delphine Farmer, Colorado State University; Mj Riches, Colorado State University, and ...