Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.
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Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking ‘corpse flower’ that only blooms once a decade“It smells like dead possum,” a child said more bluntly. It’s the so-called “corpse flower,” or Amorphophallus Titanum (often ...
Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titan arum's pungent odor. The unusual odor of the titan arum, commonly called the corpse flower because ...
This GIF shows a heatmap of the corpse flower when it blooms, with the central appendix heating up to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient temperature. Credit: Eric Schaller The plant can go ...
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