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 ...
Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum - or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest. But to fans of ...
Today, it’s not a tree that’s growing in Brooklyn. Instead, the petals of a rare type of corpse flower have officially opened up at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The putrid smelling ...
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike rotting flesh. Jonathan Ritzman compared the scent of the corpse flower to ...
“That was disgusting.” The rare Amorphophallus gigas – a relative of the Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower – has bloomed for the first time since arriving in ...
The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was ...
An Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, commonly known as the corpse flower, has bloomed at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra for the first time. The 15-year-old plant started ...
A rare flower with a pungent odour that has been likened to decaying flesh, rotten eggs and sewage has bloomed in Australia - the third such flowering in recent months. The corpse flower ...