The rare, massive, and very smelly bloom will only last for a couple of days, and the Conservatory of Flowers is offering ...

Across the globe, certain flowers exhibit the rare phenomenon of blooming only once in their lifetime or infrequently. These ...

When these plants first bloom after 7-10 years of growth, they emit a powerful smell to attract beetles for pollination. The ...

Capital Letters The corpse flower hadn’t bloomed. It was his job to figure out why. U.S. Botanic Garden horticulturist Stephen Jones explores an “awkward” bloom cycle for one of the garden ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Austin Peay State University’s corpse flower, “Athena,” is in full bloom. Athena is the little ...

A complete growth cycle from seed to flower is between seven and 10 years for the smelly plant. In Colletti’s experience caring for corpse flowers at MoBot, it takes about two years before a ...

CHARLESTON -- Steve Malehorn is watching Eastern Illinois University's corpse flower intently. But he's not the only one. During the plant's 2012 blooming process, nearly 17,000 people viewed it ...

Studying the blooms of a 21-year-old corpse flower housed at Dartmouth's Life Sciences Greenhouse the researchers revealed that the flower also emits a chemical called putrescine, ...

Seeing a corpse flower in real life is a rare occasion, especially since these flowers are considered endangered, with fewer than 1,000 corpse flowers still existing in the wild.

The corpse flower can take years to bloom and dies within just 24 hours. ... The flower doesn't have an annual blooming cycle. It only blooms when it accumulates enough energy, ...

Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.

The Missouri Botanical Garden announced one of its rare corpse flowers will soon bloom for the first time in its 7-year life.