Every now and then, Kew Gardens is transformed as one of its leafy residents unfurls a great flower and fills the air with an ...

The spadix, or flower spike, of titan arum emits heat when it is in bloom. According to researchers, this facilitates the smell's transmission and can draw pollinators from up to a half mile ...

The corpse flower blooms for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Despite the smell associated with the plant ... A flower is produced when the titan arum has stored enough energy in its underground tuber, known as a corm. Ms Dale said: “One of the theories ...