The so-called "corpse flower", known more formally as the titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum, typically blooms ... up to 12 ...

Its species name, Amorphophallus titanum, meanwhile ... This heavy bulb-like structure usually cycles through "leaf" stages, sending up a stem from the corm. This enables the plant to ...

Sprindis added that the flower, much like the “corpse flower” (aka Amorphophallus titanum), will also “smell like rotting flesh. People watch two blooming plants of the Amorphophallus ...

Staff and visitors at Australia's Royal Botanic Garden Sydney are hoping to see — and smell — a rare event that could come at any moment: the blooming of a giant amorphophallus titanum ...

"It is not as large as an Amorphophallus titanum bloom, but its uniquely tall inflorescence is a significantly more rare occurrence," BBG gardener Chris Sprindis said. Corpse flower blooms usually ...

The rare Amorphophallus titanum gets its common name, "corpse flower," from its unique smell, similar to rotting flesh. Photo/Video: Carly Marsh/The Wall Street Journal ...