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For weeks, Benjamin Snyder scrutinized the prized Amorphophallus titanium — a rare tropical plant better known by its macabre moniker: “corpse flower.” Snyder, 31, Temple University Ambler Campus’ ...

Cosmo, Colorado State University’s stinky and rare corpse flower, bloomed for the first time Saturday night. Hundreds of people are lined up Sunday, completely circling the block on the CSU campus ...

If you’ve ever wanted to see – and smell – one of the weirdest wonders in the natural world, now’s your chance. The famous Corpse Flower, officially known as Amorphophallus titanum, is blooming right ...

Thousands of visitors are clamoring to catch a glimpse—or a nausea-inducing whiff—of a corpse flower at the US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC, during its rare and fleeting bloom on Tuesday and ...

Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two nights. But those ...

This popular plant has risen from the dead yet again. After last year’s incredible Washington D.C. corpse flower showing—where two of these rare flowers bloomed almost at the same time—gardeners and ...

We can so easily think of nicknames for various things in our lives, from household objects — everyone's coffeepot is named Perky, right? — to those unexciting but necessary tasks we must address.

COSMICALLY COOL: Once the corpse flower does reach its "must bloom now" point, it will be open for a couple of days, give or take, casting its spathe magic on anyone who steps close and leans in for a ...