Us Botanic Garden Corpse Flower

In its natural habitat the corpse flower can grow up to 12 feet tall.

Us botanic garden corpse flower. A corpse flower amorphophallus titanum also known as titan arum is blooming at the u s. Titanum is endemic to sumatra. The corpse flower started to open around 6 12 p m.

The corpse flower amorphophallus titanum also known as the stinky plant or titan arum is on display at the united states botanic garden conservatory in w. Botanic garden has displayed blooming corpse flowers in 2003 2005 2007 2010 2013 2016 and 2017 three blooms. Corpse flowers at u s.

Public viewings of this unique plant have occurred a limited number of times in the united states. As the conservatory is currently closed due to covid 19 visitors can see the corpse flower bloom growing on our high definition live video camera feed below. Botanic garden learn about the corpse flower amorphophallus titanum also known as the stinky plant at the united states botanic garden.

The titan arum in bloom looks like a 6 to 8 foot tall flower but it s actually a tall spadix flower structure wrapped by a spathe a frilly modified leaf. Botanic garden conservatory it is the first bloom for the plant which is 8 years old. The live stream has ended.

The talipot palm corypha umbraculifera has a larger inflorescence but it is branched rather than unbranched. Once fully open the huge bloom may remain standing for 24 to 48 hours and then will collapse quickly. Amorphophallus titanum the titan arum is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.

The chicago botanic garden s rare titan a. The bloom which stands at about 100 inches is the largest corpse flower bloom in the u s. About the corpse flower amorphophallus titanum.