Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A titan arum doesn’t flower annually, and instead undergoes a short blooming cycle once every five to seven years. Over just a few ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Good news if you're a fan of exotic flowers and/or the stifling scent of decay - Washington State University Vancouver's resident corpse flower is getting ready to unleash its foul ...

Corpse flowers are the celebrities of the plant world. When these rare plants bloom in botanic gardens, thousands of fans flock to see them—and, perhaps more importantly, to smell them. These large, ...

A close-up shows a large purple and yellow titan arum against a blurred-out background of green plants. Researchers have captured the evolution of foul smells from a blooming corpse flower. The plants ...

If you smell a rotting corpse, it could be one of two things: an actual rotting corpse, or—if you’re lucky—just a giant smelly flower called titan arum. Now, scientists have identified the molecular ...

A heatmap of titus arum, or the corpse flower, shows that the plant's central towering spike known as the appendix heats up to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the ambient temperature when the flower ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two ...

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 ...

The life cycle of a titan arum; tips on growing cool season crops; rejuvenating a flower bed. The complete flower head of a titan arum is the largest in the plant kingdom. Phillipe Chadwick is at ...