Corpse flower blooms “are really hard to study,” says Delphine Farmer, an atmospheric chemist at Colorado State University ...

The corpse flower at UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens is blooming for the first time in several years, releasing a distinctive ...

We found that the female flowers do most of the work attracting pollinators, as previous studies noted. They emit vast ...

To make each rare bloom count, corpse plants put vast amounts of energy ... In the 19th century, European explorers actively collected Titan arum plants and distributed them throughout botanical ...

(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 ...

(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 ...