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The time has come for an infamous flower bloom — rare enough to draw crowds — inside a greenhouse at Austin Peay State ...
A rare plant housed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, infamous for its putrefying stench, is on the verge of blooming. State of play: Affectionately nicknamed Chanel by staff, the Titan ...
The famously stinky plant known as the corpse flower is expected to bloom within the week or so, and you can tune in online ...
The flowers of daylilies are similar to those of true lilies, but they only last for day. They bloom on leafless stems called ...
Some flower species, like the stinking corpse lily in Indonesia, exude a smell like rotting flesh to attract pollen-carrying ...
Ever wondered what it would be like to style undying blooms in your home? Thanks to artisanal Maison Polène, this is now ...
In June 2024, a corpse flower bloomed for the first time at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston. One also bloomed at Wheaton College in July of 2023.
The Titan Arum, scientifically known as Amorphophallus titanum, is a marvel of the plant kingdom. It boasts the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, a structure so impressive that it draws ...
Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the world as dead, decaying animal flesh. Instead of bright, attractive ...
The plant's invasive nature has led to its classification as a declared pest in regions like Western Australia, where efforts to control it are ongoing, such as the Arum Lily Blitz.
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 lilies.