There are many undesirables in the plant world, but one of the most bizarre is the corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanium).

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First thing’s first — the corpse flower typically only blooms ... produce fruits and then seeds.” Though the flower is expected to bloom sometime in the next 10 days, factors like heat ...

It was supposed to begin its six-hour bloom Thursday at about 4 p.m., according to predication by Brian O’Brien, a Gustavus Adolphus College chemistry professor who acquired seeds for the St. Peter, ...

The Titan Arum — most commonly referred to as the corpse plant — flowers unpredictably, often just once every 10 years, staff ...

Looking for an extraordinary spectacle to take part in this weekend? Go see the elusive African Corpse Flower at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, a species known for its potent smell, which is having ...

Its seeds and roots are especially poisonous ... Not to be confused with the carrion plant above, this is another plant that reeks of rotten bodies on blooming. Corpse flowers can take five to ten ...

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the violet flowers gain the benefits of genetic diversity via insect pollination as well as of being able to grow outside of insect pollinators' range via self-pollination. Note the seeds in the ...

By feeding on its host, rafflesia is able to produce the world's biggest flower, a metre across ... It urgently needs to get its seeds underground before it gets too hot. To do this, the seeds ...

Visitors to Kew Gardens are still able to catch a glimpse - and whiff - of its titan arum plant, otherwise known as the corpse flower, after it burst into bloom on Tuesday. The flower, which is ...

The parasitic plants are sometimes called "corpse flowers" because of their pungent ... "We make sure we're collecting seeds for reforestation under dramatic climate changes," Nisa Karimi ...