I'm at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (RBGE) and, for a few days at least, this titan arum is the star attraction. The 22-year-old plant, nicknamed "New Reekie" in a nod to an old name for ...

The titan arum heats up about 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the ambient temperature when the flower blooms. A heatmap of the corpse flower (right) compared to a visible light image (left).

Unsurprisingly, the titan arum’s unsavory cocktail includes many sulfur-containing compounds, that shock-yellow element often found near volcanoes that characterizes everything from rotting eggs ...

A titan arum doesn’t flower annually, and instead undergoes a short blooming cycle once every five to seven years. Over just a few days, a frilled, dark red petal layer opens at the base of the ...

The titan arum's inflorescence can reach over 10 feet in height and weigh as much as 170 pounds. An inflorescence is a cluster of smaller individual flowers, like a daisy or sunflower.

The Titan Arum, or corpse flower, ... This plant really brings out people, and for a smell that's so putrid and disgusting for human beings, somehow we're still pretty attracted to it.

Officially known as the Amorphophallus Titanum or Titan-arum, the flower can grow up to a jaw-dropping 12 feet tall and take as long as seven to 10 years to bloom — with the blossom only last… ...

Two corpse flowers in the U.S. Botanical Gardens are expected to bloom between July 19-22, 2024, a rare multi-bloom event that officials said hasn't happened since 2017.

These plants smell like rotten meat — Now we know how they do it ... Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in bloom at the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory, Nov. 20, 2005.