The largest flower in the world is Rafflesia arnoldii. It grows in the rainforests of Southeast Asia and can be as wide as 3 feet and weigh up to 11 kilograms. This giant flower is famous for its ...

Rafflesia Arnoldii: The Corpse Flower. This giant flower is known for producing the largest individual bloom in the world up to a metre wide and for emitting a pungent odour of rotting flesh.

Rafflesia are sometimes called "corpse flowers" due to their stench, although that name is also used for another flower, Titan arum, which also grows in Indonesian rainforests.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s called the corpse flower, and it’s drawing in some attention at a local botanic garden. The foul-smelling flower on the campus of Smith College in ...

Guests got about 5 minutes with the corpse flower at Tucson Botanical Gardens on April 23, 2018 in Tucson, AZ. Hundreds patiently lined up. Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star ...

Phil – one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers – is getting ready to bloom, even as early as Saturday, said the university’s botanical curator.

Deep inside the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens stands Morty Jr., an attractive, rotten flesh-smelling corpse flower that will soon come into bloom and attract visitors to its uniqueness.

The corpse flower that is getting ready to bloom is named “Phil,” in memory of the late Philip Baker, professor emeritus of plant systematics in the college’s botany program.

In June 2024, a corpse flower bloomed for the first time at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Boston. One also bloomed at Wheaton College in July of 2023. It is also similar to its ...