Sometimes it’s a win-win. Plants that employ brood-site mimicry as the corpse plant does are cheaters—they lure pollinators with the scent and look of decay, but offer no food reward. Yet some ...

The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) can crank up its flowers to 95 F (35 C) and maintain that heat over days; the famed giant corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) reaches similar steamy ...

Smell: A love-hate aroma Many described the smell with less-than-appetising analogies, including 'rotten diapers", 'farts', 'fermenting cheese', 'raw sewage' and 'rotting corpse".

More recently, researchers surveyed thermogenesis in the large arum genus Amorphophallus, which includes the giant corpse plant.Scent molecules vary widely in Amorphophallus but are usually unpleasant ...

These are the flowers of the Eastern skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), and flies and other pollinators are drawn by their putrid odor as well as by the flowers’ warmth.Skunk cabbage is one of a ...

More recently, researchers surveyed thermogenesis in the large arum genus Amorphophallus, which includes the giant corpse plant.Scent molecules vary widely in Amorphophallus but are usually ...

With its stench of rotting flesh and giant size, Cal Poly’s corpse flower attracts visitors from across SLO County.

The corpse flower named “Phil” at Cal State Long Beach has bloomed. The university welcomed community members on Wednesday, ...

Indiana University invites you to visit Wally, the stinky corpse flower, before it blooms for the last time in years.

The corpse flower at The Botanic Garden of Smith College is named U2, based on the garden's alphabetical naming system. The flower arrived at the garden in 2007 as a seed, making it 18 years old.

The flower, known scientifically as amorphophallus titanium, blooms for just a few days every few years, according to the U.S. Botanic Garden. Pet Owners Should Avoid Growing These Potentially Deadly ...