Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up
The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia. Many plants make their flowers attractive to ...
Time Out5 天
A rare giant ‘Corpse Flower’ is about to bloom at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens
It’s not every day that a Corpse Flower (also known as ‘Amorphophallus titanum’, or ‘Bunga Bangkai’ in Indonesian) blooms. In fact, this momentous natural phenomenon hasn’t happened in ...
Minnesota Daily12 天
Corpse flower a late bloomer
Instead, crowds saw a 5-foot plant that didn’t smell quite as putrid as they had hoped. The corpse flower, predicted to bloom last week, finally unfurled on Sunday evening, after leaving many ...
Couriermail4 天
‘Like day old vomit’: Sydney corpse flower to bloom
The Amorphophallus titanium plant, or Bunga Bangkai – which in Indonesian translates to “corpse flower” – only unfurls its petals every few years and then for around a mere 24 hours.
The Daily Telegraph1 个月
‘Corpse flower’ collapses at Cairns Botanic Gardens after emitting ‘foul smell’
A Cairns Regional Council spokesperson confirmed the Amorphophallus titanium, colloquially known as the titan arum Corpse Flower due to its pungent smell, collapsed early on Wednesday morning.