The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) can take as much as ten years to grow from seed to flower-producing maturity and then the flower lasts only a few days. It consists of a central upright spike ...

He sent some of the plant’s seeds and tubers back to Europe, and titan arum has been spreading to botanic gardens, arboreta and research institutions around the world ever since. Wild ...

Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum ... In addition to its endangered status, the plant is also considered “exceptional,” in that its seeds can’t be effectively saved in seed banks for future ...

If you smell a rotting corpse, it could be one of two things: an actual rotting corpse, or—if you’re lucky—just a giant smelly flower called titan arum. Now, scientists have identified the ...

The titan arum’s female flowers are receptive for a very short time ... the smell might have attracted a long extinct species to eat and spread the seeds. Then there’s the ornamental pear, Pyrus ...

The titan arum’s female flowers are receptive for ... the smell might have attracted a long extinct species to eat and spread the seeds. It’s not only plants which have learned how to make ...

The Titan Arum — most commonly referred to as the corpse ... is that the specific plant came from a cutting instead of a seed. “It’s actually unique, it’s second generation and we ...

Titan arum's pebble-sized red, oval fruits appear nine months after fertilisation, and each contain two seeds. In the wild they are eaten and spread by birds such as rhinoceros hornbills.

As another Titan arum bloomed last week staff were able to fertilise the most recent plant with fresh pollen. The seeds can be given to other botanical gardens dotted around the country and ...

In a way, I am quite relieved. My fear would have been that it would be too much effort for the little thing, the seed would be sacrificial. As it is, our plant is still healthy, and gaining in ...

Plant enthusiasts get yourselves to Kew Gardens. The titan arum plant, sometimes referred to as the corpse flower, is in bloom. The plant has evolved to attract pollinators that enjoy feeding on and ...