Rare, smelly 'corpse plant' ready to bloom at Virginia Tech
...rful stench. A blooming Amorphophallus titanum, or titan arum, is rare, according to Khidir Hilu of Virgini...ty of Bonn, Germany, the line to see the flowering titan arum extended over two miles Located in the greenhouse complex next to the Virginia Tech Horticultur...The stinky smell of success of Ted the Titan: a tale from Chemical & Engineering News
...way. Also known as Amorphophallus titanium (or titan arum ) and "corpse flower," Ted is a bizarre plant that attracts flies, instead of bees, with its unsavory odor and the insects pollinate it, reports Chemical & Engineering News in its June 30 issue. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine published by t......ms. Although a blooming Amorphophallus titanum, or titan arum, is rarely seen, Virginia Tech's first bloome...ty of Bonn, Germany, the line to see the flowering titan arum extended more than two miles. The plant invests a lot of energy during blooming to heat up the ...