Now Blooming: Corpse Flower
The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the Corpse Flower, produces the largest unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom. It can grow more than 12 feet tall, blooms for only 24 hours every two to three years, and boasts a powerful stench when it blooms, earning the flower its putrid common name.
Summer 2024 Growth Charts
- Scentennial (Bloomed on July 30, 2024)
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Last bloomed on June 19, 2022
Photo taken July 30, 2024 measured in inches Date Height Increase 7/16 30.0" 7/17 34.0" + 4" 7/18 38.5" + 4.5" 7/19 44.75 + 6.25" 7/20 50.0" + 5.25" 7/21 57.0" + 7.0" 7/22 62.0" + 5.0" 7/23 68.0" + 6.0" 7/24 75.0" +7.0" 7/25 81.0" + 6.0" 7/26 84.5" + 3.5" 7/27 89.0" + 4.5" 7/28 91.0" +3.0" 7/29 93.0" + 2.0" 7/30 Bloom! - Odora (Bloomed on July 22, 2024)
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Photo taken July 22, 2024 measured in inches Date Height Increase 7/10 41.0" 7/11 47.5" + 6.5" 7/12 53.5" + 6.0" 7/13 59.0" + 5.5" 7/14 65.5" + 6.5" 7/15 71.0" + 5.5" 7/16 76.0" + 5.0" 7/17 80.5" + 4.5" 7/18 84.0" + 3.5" 7/19 87.0" + 3.0" 7/20 90.5" +3.5" 7/21 93.0" + 2.5" 7/22 Bloom!
Learn all about the stinkiest plant in The Huntington's Collection. Watch a bloom timelapse, see photos from across the years, learn about its biology, and more.
In the botanical world, the Amorphophallus titanum, or Titan Arum, has been an A-list celebrity. The Huntington first acquired one in March 1999, and five months later, the Scott Gallery Loggia was the site of the first recorded flowering of Titan Arum in California.
Living plants fill a 16,000 square-foot greenhouse that comprises three different habitats (a lowland tropical rain forest, a cloud forest, and a carnivorous plant bog) and a plant lab devoted to experiment stations focusing on the parts of plants.
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