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Because its flower blooms infrequently and only for a short period, it gives off a powerful scent of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. As a consequence, it is characterized as a carrion flower, earning it the names corpse flower or corpse plant. The titan arum was first brought to flower in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in ...
Flowers of plants in the genus Rafflesia (family Rafflesiaceae) emit an odor to attract the flies that pollinate the plant. The world's largest single bloom is that of R. arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. It can grow to be 90 centimetres (3 ft) across and can weigh up to 7 kilograms (15 lb).
California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA "Laura," one of two corpse flowers at CSULB, is set for an early bloom.... Last blooming in 2015, Laura was not expected to bloom for another 3 years. This rare plant species known as Titan Arum, typically blooms only every 7 to 10 years.
Once it opens, the giant bloom lasts just 24 to 36 hours.
The flower is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Carrion flies and beetles are drawn to the stinky smell and pollinate the plant. The Domes are open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The brief and infrequent blooms of a corpse flower can sometimes only last a few hours, and by Sunday afternoon the plant already smelled like fish, one of the last odors in the cycle, Kochsiek said.
The species Amorphophallus titanum, 'corpse flower' or titan arum, has the world's largest unbranched inflorescence, with a height of up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) and a width of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). [ citation needed ] After an over 1.2 metres (3.9 ft)-tall flower opened at Chicago Botanic Gardens on September 29, 2015, thousands lined up to see ...
Corpse flower blooms usually only last a few days and only happen every few years, BBG said. Sprindis started noticing the plant unfurling around New Year's Eve and moved the plant into the ...