Putricia, the smelliest flower in the world, displayed a rare bloom in the glasshouse of the Australian Botanic Garden.

Corpse flowers, or Amorphophallus titanum, are a species of plant native to the Indonesian rainforest. They only bloom after ...

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.

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College Botanic Garden is celebrating a rare and short-lived event: its corpse flower is blooming — but only for the weekend, most likely.

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 ...

Posted: Jun 13, 2025 / 07:17 AM EDT Updated: Jun 16, 2025 / 08:55 PM EDT NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s called the corpse flower, and it’s drawing in some attention at a local botanic garden.

Guests photograph "Horace," a Corpse Flower beginning to bloom at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park in St. Paul on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Derek Bourcy / Special to the Pioneer Press) ...

Move over, Horace: It’s Frederick’s turn to make a stink. Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul ...

The corpse flower at The Botanic Garden of Smith College is named U2, based on the garden's alphabetical naming system. The flower arrived at the garden in 2007 as a seed, making it 18 years old.