NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s called the corpse flower, and it’s drawing in some attention at a local botanic garden. The foul-smelling flower on the campus of Smith College in Northampton is said ...

The corpse flower, which appears only once every few years, smells like a rotting corpse, and is pollinated by flies, is in bloom for the very first time at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas.

In this episode, we’re diving into the strange and fascinating world of the corpse flower - the tallest flower in the world. Known for its massive size and famously foul odor, this rare plant has ...

One of the rare — and pungent — corpse flowers at Cal State Long Beach is set to bloom. The phenomenon could take place as early as Saturday, June 14, said the university’s botanical curator. The ...

AMES, Iowa — It's official, the infamous corpse flower at Reiman Gardens, AKA Stink Floyd, has bloomed. According to the gardens, it is believed to only be the second public viewing of a corpse plant ...

For weeks, Benjamin Snyder scrutinized the prized Amorphophallus titanium — a rare tropical plant better known by its macabre ...

Stink Floyd, the 12-year-old corpse flower at Reiman Gardens in Ames, has bloomed. And with that bloom comes the reason behind its nickname. As the flower — also known as Amorphophallus titanum — ...

UPDATE: See the blooming flower in the photo gallery below, photographed April 14, 2026. In 2023, when Tom Clark walked into the botanic garden at Mount Holyoke College, he could smell titan arum, ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The corpse flower at Smith College’s botanical garden in Northampton is set to bloom. The botanical garden of Smith College had many people interested in the official bloom ...

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For a brief moment, one of the plant world's strangest blooms opened quietly at the Houston Botanic Garden. The corpse flower, Amorphophallus henryi—sometimes called a voodoo lily—emerged during the ...