Corpse Flower Uconn
This is the worlds largest un-branched.
Corpse Flower Uconn. This is the worlds largest un-branched inflorescence and is renowned for both its size and putrescent odor - akin to a rotting corpse. The corpse flower is specifically adapted to attract carrion flies and beetles which ferry pollen between plants so they can produce seed. Some of us remember the long lines of visitors coming to see the largest inflorescence in the world and experience its unusual smell.
STORRS AP -- The University of Connecticut s rare corpse flower which has bloomed in all of its stinky glory is starting to wane. A corpse flower blooms at the UC Botanical Gardens in Berkeley in 2010. Amorphophallus titanum is endemic to Sumatra.
The bud of the exotic Sumatran plant the Titan Arum. The EEB Greenhouse contains one of the most diverse teaching plant collections in the US. The putrid smell of the corpse flower is strongest just after the spathe unfurls late at night suggesting pollination by nocturnal flies and beetles.
The same temperature as the human body. While the flowers scientific name comes from its size its common name corpse flower comes from its smell. The scent is reminiscent of rotting animals and is so strong that few people can last long around it.
The rare Corpse Flower or Titan Arum a native of Sumatra is in bloom today at UConn after a hiatus of several years. Our Biodiversity Education Research Greenhouses host a few plants of Amorphophallus titanum better known as the corpse flower. The colors of the corpse flower a sickly yellow and blackish purple imitate rotten meat.
The corpse flower Amorphophallus titanum at UConn was planted 10 years ago and was part of a group of seeds brought to the United States from its native Sumatra by botanical explorer James Symon. UConn becomes 1st FBS. The Corpse Flower blooms again at UCONN.
For the public to see and smell the giant flower. Many visitors arrived to partake of the stench from this famously odiferous plant. Sidney Price told KQED News he bought a seedling of the corpse flower after witnessing one bloom at the University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley in 2010.
It is about to break forth into bloom sometime in the next two weeks. Our plants are doing well but it may take a bit more patience until. A pair of the putrid-smelling flowers are in bloom in the Bay Area right now.
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses are open until 4 pm. The previous blooming of this particular plant at the schools greenhouse was in 2004. Once fully opened the bright red bloom smells like three-day old road kill.
The smell is powerful and unpleasant with elements of old socks dead fish and rotten vegetables. The University of Connecticut will be a bit stinky soon thanks to its rare corpse flower which is known to emit an odor similar to that of rotting meat. The following YouTube video features our 2011 bloom and was produced for us by UConn Today.
This outstanding collection is a core unit of the EEB Biodiversity Research Education Collections and is used extensively for teaching and research here at the University of Connecticut. Scientifically known as the Titan Arum the flower smells like a rotting human corpse and can be seen and smelled at the UConn department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biologys conservatory. The corpse flower is a pungent plant that blooms rarely and only for a short time.
When its blooming the flower. UConns Corpse Flower is blooming in all its stinkiness By Brinley-CNET 17 years ago UConns Titan Arum better known as the corpse flower for its pungent that may be putting it mildly odor. Due to its odor like that of a rotting corpse the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower and is also known as the corpse flower or corpse plant Indonesian.
The University of Connecticuts Ecology Evolutionary Biology Plant Growth Facilities reports the latest Corpse Flower is poised to bloom any day. Bunga bangkai bunga means flower while bangkai can be translated as corpse cadaver or carrion.
