Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking ‘corpse flower’ Stop and smell the roses ... Researchers at the University of California San Diego are hoping to drastically shorten the time between a ...

Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.

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 ...

The corpse flower is infamous for its rare blooms and its signature odor, which mimics the stench of rotting flesh.

A rare flower that stinks like rotting flesh has bloomed, with hundreds turning out to get a whiff of its foul stench. The corpse flower, also named the titan arum, blooms about once a decade and ...

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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As suggested in its name, the corpse flower produces a scent similar to that of rotting flesh when it blooms as a way to attract pollinators. Officials said the bloom only lasts for 24-48 hours ...

When a corpse flower blooms, the pinky-purple spathe unfolds from an enormous yellow spadix that can grow to 3.7 meters (12 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Right now, people are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body. This is the titan arum.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Geelong’s corpse flower has now bloomed, revealing its putrid “dead possum” stench. The corpse plant, Amorphophallus titanum ...