With its stench of rotting flesh and giant size, Cal Poly’s corpse flower attracts visitors from across SLO County.

Corpse plants, which loosely resemble an enormous bok choy with a yellow pepper growing out of the center, can grow up to 8 feet tall and attract pollinators. Fortunately, for those who grow them ...

The Smith College Botanic Garden is celebrating a rare and short-lived event: its corpse flower is blooming — but only for ...

Zoo staffers and visitors have been waiting for days to see the flower and smell the stench that comes when Frederick the ...

It's a stinky situation at the Cal Poly Plant Conservatory this week as a giant corpse flower has begun its long-awaited ...

Visitors will have the chance Wednesday to experience the pungent smell of the corpse flower that is blooming at Como Park ...

The life of a corpse flower starts with planting a seed which will grow and develop a corm. After germination, the corm will sprout a single leaf shoot that's around 6 inches tall.

Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul ...

Like its better-known “corpse flower” cousin, which gives off a similarly putrid smell, the Amorphophallus gigas is also notable for its central spike, which can grow up to 12 feet tall.