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 photosynthesize ...

Flowers are meant to smell nice. This one doesn't. And thousands want to see — and smell it — for themselves.

The putrid smelling Amorphophallus gigas is related to the ... The corpse flower stores its energy in a swollen base at the stem–called a corm–that weighs about 100 pounds.

The label on one of two amorphophallus konjac ... an underground, tuber-like stem. When in bloom, the plant’s spadix (the purple spire in the center) heats up to around 70 degrees, emitting ...

The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. “I think this is an equally impressive ...

The plant, also known as Amorphophallus titanum, has the biggest, smelliest flower spike in the world. Putricia will emit its stinky smell for 24 hours, with the gardens planning to remain open ...

A plant native to southwestern China, the devil’s tongue, like Wally, is a member of the amorphophallus genus ... tuber-like stem. When in bloom, the plant’s spadix (the purple spire in ...