Results: Corpse Flower
Published on 08/21/2014
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Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Garden in San Marino expects their fifth Corpse Flower to bloom this week. Plant enthusiasts are waiting with bated breath for this stinky Royal Baby of the plant world to make its rare showing—and Huntington's first bloom since 2010. The Amorphophallus titanium, or the Titan Arum, is known as the 'Corpse Flower' on account of its repulsive odor. In photos, this majestic flower looks just fine. The largest flower in the world, it can reach up to 6 feet tall and opens to a diameter of 3-4 feet. The plant is native to Indonesia, but Huntington received a bulb from a collector. Huntington's first bloom was in 1999 and they called it 'Big Stinky.' Botanists used the plant's own pollen to hand-pollinate the plant, which resulted in seeds and fruit. In the plant's native environment, it would be pollinated by bugs and insects that were attracted to its odor. The plant then bloomed again in 2002. In 2009, one of the seedlings from the first bloom was able to flower. There was a fourth and final flowering, until now, in 2010
Yes
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551 votes
No
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645 votes
Undecided
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1295 votes
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Would you like to go see this bloom?
I am in the area and will go
4%
109 votes
I am in the area, but will not go
4%
95 votes
I am not in the area, but would go if I were
40%
997 votes
I am not in the area, and would not go if I were
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788 votes
I will research this online
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540 votes
Other (please specify)
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53 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.50% | 13 | |
| n/a | 0.27% | 7 |
| no | 0.19% | 5 |
| na | 0.15% | 4 |
| nope | 0.08% | 2 |
| why go there we have one in our botanical gardens in niagara falls ontario | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends | 0.04% | 1 |
| there is one in cleveland, oh | 0.04% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.04% | 1 |
| seen it in the past | 0.04% | 1 |
| in the area but don't know if i'll go. | 0.04% | 1 |
| i would like to see the bloom but i would not make a special trip | 0.04% | 1 |
| interresting | 0.04% | 1 |
| n/a missing!!! | 0.04% | 1 |
| we read about it on viral nova | 0.04% | 1 |
| huh...what? | 0.04% | 1 |
| already seen them | 0.04% | 1 |
| there is one in my area, i saw it on the news, but won't go | 0.04% | 1 |
| get a life | 0.04% | 1 |
| i am canadian & have seen a very large bloom. | 0.04% | 1 |
| this is enough | 0.04% | 1 |
| i'm sure it will hit the news | 0.04% | 1 |
| i have already seen it | 0.04% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.04% | 1 |
| our univ has one...went the first time it bloomed | 0.04% | 1 |
| ,,, | 0.04% | 1 |
| have seen before | 0.04% | 1 |
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