the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden’s Amorphophallus titanum, better known as Carrie the Corpse Flower, has sent up a single leaf that stands at 57 inches tall and 61 inches wide.

“That was disgusting.” Amorphophallus gigas − Smelliot − is so rare only nine other botanic gardens are listed as having one, according to Botanic Gardens Conservation Internationa ...

“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 ...

Officially known as the Amorphophallus Titanum or Titan-arum, the flower can grow up to a jaw-dropping 12 feet tall and take as long as seven to 10 years to bloom — with the blossom only lasting ...

The putrid smelling Amorphophallus gigas is related to the ... If it is a non-flowering year, one leaf about the size of a small tree will shoot from the corm. The leaf will then branch out ...

While in a recent study researchers identified the enzyme that plays a key role in producing the sweet fragrance found in roses, titan arum – or Amorphophallus ... a huge leaf, which can grow ...

This week, yet another foul scent has entered the smellscape, but in this case, New Yorkers are flocking to experience it: the blooming of an Amorphophallus gigas, a.k.a. a corpse flower ...