Scientists Discover What Makes the Corpse Flower Produce Its Rotting Flesh Stench
Researchers have revealed the genetic and chemical reasons behind the titan arum’s unique warming mechanism and putrid scent.
Why Does the Corpse Flower Smell Like Rotting Flesh? Dartmouth Scientists Solve Mystery
Dartmouth scientists sniff out the genes — and identify a new chemical compound — that drive titus arum's pungent odor. The ...
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Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi smell like death
People are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.
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Why Corpse Flowers and Fungi Reek of Death
The corpse flower is native to the dense rainforests of Sumatra in Indonesia ... plant's energy and reserves to produce such a huge warm structure. Mature specimens have a corm, a swollen stem base a ...
Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up
The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...
Rare once-a-decade 'corpse flower' bloom attracts thousands of visitors in Australia
Visitors to Australia’s Geelong Botanic Gardens got a big whiff of a vile stench over the past couple days, all stemming from ...
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Corpse flower blooms at Geelong Botanic Gardens, drawing crowds to its pungent scent
It blooms for just a few hours and smells like rotting flesh, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from lining up for an ...
Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking ‘corpse flower’ that only blooms once a decade
It’s amorphophallus titanum, named after the putrid stench it releases when it blooms to attract pollinators like beetles and ...
Geelong Botanic Gardens corpse flower blooms
The corpse flower at the Geelong Botanic Gardens is in bloom for the first time ever in the city, with visitors set to soak ...
Corpse flower blooms in Geelong, revealing its putrid ‘dead possum’ stench
After much anticipation Geelong’s corpse plant, which only flowers once every seven to ten years, is finally starting to open – but you only have 48 hours to see it.
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People and Plants: Finding Zen among the corpse flower
There are many undesirables in the plant world, but one of the most bizarre is the corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanium).
This flower smells like death and blooms every 10 years. Watch it live here
To see the corpse flower is to witness to the powerful majesty – and daft absurdity – of nature. It’s about to happen in ...