The so-called "corpse flower", known more formally as the titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum ... carrion beetles and flies that help with pollination. "The blooms are rare and also short ...

The powerful scent of rotting flesh is set to waft through the air at a Melbourne garden centre to the delight of hundreds of plant enthusiasts.

Titan arum, known as the corpse flower, in bloom at San Jose State University on July 27, 2022. Photo by Julia Brown. I could smell it before I saw it. After being led up a secured elevator and ...

Berry doesn't take all the credit, though. Titan "isn't a terribly specific pollinator," he says—thousands of local houseflies buzzed the blooming Titan, attracted by its stench-like odor. The ...

The corpse flower releases its scent due to the need to attract pollinators - which are generally thought to be flies and carrion beetles ...

The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanum, or titan arum, bloomed for the ... Its rancid scent attracts pollinators such as flies. There are thought to be only ...

This is the titan arum. It’s a plant that makes news whenever it flowers in a botanic garden around the world. It’s sometimes called a lily, but it’s an arum, a genus not closely related to true ...