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Carrion flies and beetles are drawn to the stinky smell and pollinate the plant. The Domes are open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The first 700 visitors get a free Corpse Flower sticker.
Corpse flowers only bloom once every eight years or so for about 24 to 48 hours before collapsing. The Domes have extended their hours today to give more people a chance to witness the flower ...
It's sweaty, stinky time again at the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanic Gardens, where the season's first rare corpse flower bloom is expected by July 23.
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Flowers of plants in the genus Rafflesia (family Rafflesiaceae) emit an odor to attract the flies that pollinate the plant. The world's largest single bloom is that of R. arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. It can grow to be 90 centimetres (3 ft) across and can weigh up to 7 kilograms (15 lb).
Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] Its local name is Petimum Sikinlili. It is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia within the family Rafflesiaceae. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5]
When a leaf dies, the tuber becomes dormant for about four months. Then the plant produces another leaf, and repeats the cycle of supplying food to the tuber. This may continue for up to around seven years. [4] [6] The tuber is the largest of any known flowering plant; [7] it may weigh more than 90 kg (200 lb). [5] [6]
During the bloom, it releases a powerful smell described by some as rotting food or sweaty socks. Visitors line up to see and smell a corpse flower's stinking bloom in San Francisco Skip to main ...