The Amorphophallus gigas—a cousin to Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as a corpse flower—is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The specimen in Brooklyn, nicknamed “Smelliot ...
An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn ... have dubbed “Smelliot” — burst open around 11:30 a.m. before an excited crowd of gawkers, many of whom promptly ...
Standing five feet away, I could smell it in the air. Acrid, damp, toe-curling—a memory from my past. The nose is a powerful historian, so it took only a few seconds to place it: the stench of the rat ...
Thurn is completing a Ph.D. in forensic chemistry at the University ... but I'm interested in analyzing my database to see what's really going on. Does the corpse flower's smell accurately mimic ...
Thousands of people bore witness to the rare and odorous blooming of Putricia the corpse flower in Sydney, Australia, this week.
A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...
Unspeakably stinky and unpredictable: two corpse flowers are blooming in the U.S. The Titan Arum has become a rockstar in the plant world for its unpredictable displays, and more notoriously ...
NEW YORK — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic ... and you never know when it's gonna bloom, and it did, so I'm happy that I came," she said. It's not known how long exactly ...