List of publicised titan arum blooms in cultivation

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This list of publicized titan arum blooms in cultivation is a partial listing of flowering events of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in cultivation.

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Before 2000

DateLocationNotesReference
1889 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew First known flowering in cultivation
1894 Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia Titan arum became the symbol of the Indonesian Botanic Gardens
1901 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1924 Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia
1926 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1929 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
June 28, 1929 Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany
1930 Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany
1932 Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands Spadix grew to a height of 2.67 m (8.75 ft) and spathe was 1.5 m (4.92 ft) in diameter
1934 Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia
1935 Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands
1935 Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden First bloom in Sweden. Bloom of a 29 kilogram plant, acquired from Sumatra in 1932. Bloom reached 1.55 meter.
1936 Bern Botanical Garden, Switzerland
1937Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany Spadix grew to a height of 2 m (6 ft). Corm imported from Sumatra by Prof. Koernicke in 1934. [ permanent dead link ]
June/August? 1937 New York Botanical Garden, New York City Spadix grew to a height of 2.57 m (8.43 ft). Corm weighed 45.36 kg. The titan arum became the "Official Flower of the Bronx".
July 2, 1939 New York Botanical Garden, New York City Spadix grew to a height of 1.22 m (4 ft). Corm weighed 14.06 kg.
1939Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany
July 1940Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany
1956Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands
1980Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany
1985Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany Spadix grew to a height of 2.49 m (8.17 ft).
April 27–28, 1987Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany Spadix grew to a height of 1.63 m (5.35 ft).
1994Botanical Garden, Mainz, Germany
1994Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
March 14, 1994Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001.
1995Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands
February 15, 1995Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia Spadix grew to a height of 1.45 m (4.76 ft) and the spathe was 63 cm (2.07 ft) in diameter.
May 8–11, 1996Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany
May 30 – June 2, 1996Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany
1996Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
July 1996 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1997Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001.
May 1, 1998 University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States Spadix grew to 0.89 m. (2 feet 11 inches) high. Plant grown from wild-collected seed discovered by Dr. Jim Symon. The seed was planted in February 1995, and grown in the University of Missouri/St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton. "Archie" was the very first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom in the United States since 1939.
May 1–3, 1998Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany Spadix grew to a height of 2.34 m (7.68 ft).
June 24, 1998 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Florida, United States Spadix grew to a height of 1.51 m (4.95 ft) and spathe was 0.76 m (2.49 ft) in diameter. Also bloomed in May 2001.
July 6, 1998 Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia, United States Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m (6.23 ft).
May 21, 1999 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
July 7, 1999 University of Washington, Seattle First bloom in the western part of the United States; the 10th flower in the country.
August 1, 1999 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensFirst Corpse Flower at The Huntington; first in California; 11th in the United States
September 3, 1999 Fairchild Tropical Garden

2000-2009

DateLocationNotesReference
July 7, 2000Botanic Gardens, University of Bonn
June 12, 2000 Atlanta Botanical Garden
June 13, 2000 Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton
May 7, 2001 University of Washington, Seattle
May 15, 2001 Fairchild Tropical Garden
May 2001 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
June 7, 2001 University of Wisconsin–Madison
June 20, 2001 University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States Spadix grew to 1.22 m. (4 feet) high. Corm weight was 9.98 kg. (22 pounds). Grown in the University of Missouri-St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton.
June 27, 2001 Fairchild Tropical Garden
2002 Giardino dei Semplici, Florence, Italy it:Giardino dei Semplici
May 1, 2002 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
May 29, 2002 University of Washington, Seattle
June 1, 2002 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
June 20, 2002 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
July 31, 2002 University of Wisconsin–Madison
August 7, 2002 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CASecond corpse flower at the garden
Mid-August, 2002 University of California-Santa Barbara Only bloom from specimen "Tiny." Received from University of Connecticut in 1995. Archived 2013-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
May 12, 2003 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Garden's fifth since 1998
May 22, 2003Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany
May 23, 2003Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton
June 9, 2003 UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis
June 10, 2003 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Kew's fourth since April 2002
July 2, 2003 Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest (in French)
July 23, 2003 United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C. Garden's second since 2001
July 6, 2004 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT The first Titan bloom at UConn.
July 12, 2004 Mast Arboretum, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
August 4, 2004 Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
August 4, 2004 University of Wisconsin–Madison University's third since 2001
August 13, 2004 UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis
September 2, 2004 Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge
7 October 2004 Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia
11 April 2005 Eden Project, St Austell, UK
21 April 2005 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Kew's fifth since April 2002
May 14, 2005 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Garden's fifth since 1998
May 30, 2005 San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
June 9, 2005 University of Wisconsin–Madison University's fourth since 2001
18 June 2005 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Kew's sixth since April 2002
June 28, 2005 University of Wisconsin–Madison University's fifth since 2001
June 29, 2005 Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle On loan from University of Washington
June 29, 2005 Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 14, 2005 University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley On loan from Bill Weaver
July 14, 2005Botanic Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden Second bloom in Sweden, first bloom in the Botanic Garden in Gothenburg.
August 13, 2005 (est)The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton, MA
October 20, 2005Stuttgart Zoological and Botanic Garden, Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany (in German)
November 19, 2005 United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C. Specimen owned by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany [ permanent dead link ]
May 13, 2006Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany First titan arum with more than one inflorescence (in German)
June 5, 2006Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton
August 5, 2006 Virginia Tech Biological Sciences Greenhouse, Blacksburg, VA
August 7, 2006 Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
August 15, 2006 Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, WA On loan from the University of Washington
August 21, 2006Laconia NH Lakeport Fire Station, Laconia, NH
November 2, 2006 Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia
February, 2007 Eden Project, Cornwall
April 22, 2007 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
May 3, 2007 Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota
May 7, 2007Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis
May 12, 2007 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT This was this specimen's second bloom.
June 1, 2007 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT This was the first bloom for this specimen.
July 1, 2007 UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina
July 2, 2007 United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C. On loan from the Smithsonian Department of Botany Research.
July 23, 2007 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH This was the first bloom for this specimen, named Cronus, obtained in 1994 from the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
August 7, 2007 University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA Named Titania, after the Shakespearean fairy
August 14, 2007 Giardino dei Semplici, Florence
October 4, 2007 Giardino dei Semplici, Florence

April 10, 2008 Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN Plant called "Bob" had a bloom of ~2' in height.

June 21, 2008 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois First Titan Arum bloom in Illinois

July 8, 2008 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Back-to-back blooms for this specimen (13-month dormancy with no intervening leaf stage, possibly a first?); final height 70.5" (about 1.79m), UConn's largest bloom to date.

July 20, 2008The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton, MA
July 28, 2008 Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle On loan from University of Washington Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
August 5, 2008 National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium Named Jean-Pol, de knol. Spadix grew to a height of 1.56 m.
September 6, 2008 National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium Named Hercule, le tubercule. Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m. Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
November 10, 2008 Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The first bloom for the specimen, named Neilson.
May 1, 2009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Two plants were in bloom. See photos below.
June 7, 2009 University of Missouri–St. Louis First bloom for the specimen, after 14 years of dormant cultivation. Grown in the University of Missouri/St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton.
June 17, 2009 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensThird such flower the botanical garden
June 22, 2009 University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley Trudy
June 28, 2009 Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest Second bloom of this specimen Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
July 4, 2009 San Francisco State University Greenhouse San Francisco State University
October 28, 2009 Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin

2010 to 2019

DateLocationNotesReference
15 January 2010 Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
March 1, 2010 Nathanael Greene Park, Friends of the Garden, Springfield, Missouri 'Audrey' 35 lb tuber. Current height 4 feet 5 inches with a 27.5 inch girth.

May 2, 2010 Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
May 15, 2010 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH This was the second bloom for this specimen, named Cronus, obtained in 1994 from the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
June 4, 2010 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensSecond bloom at The Huntington Library in a row. Fourth corpse flower at the Huntington.
June 9, 2010 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Second bloom for this specimen
June 10, 2010Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
June 18, 2010Winnipesaukee Orchids, Gilford, NH Tallest known bloom to date (3.1m)
June 22, 2010 UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina Second bloom of this specimen.
June 29, 2010 University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA Maladora
July 11–12, 2010 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA First flowering for a 15-year-old plant
July 22–24, 2010 Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX First bloom, "Lois"
July 24–25, 2010 Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota Second bloom; "Perry"
December 17, 2010 Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil First bloom; first time ever in South America
September 14–16, 2010 Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York First bloom; "Metis". Spadix grew to 67.5 inches tall. Grown from seed acquired in Bali in 2005.
September 21, 2010 University of Wisconsin–Madison University's sixth since 2001
October 11, 2010 University of Wisconsin–River Falls University's first since seed acquired in 2001
January 25, 2011 Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia First for 2011
March 15, 2011 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Third bloom, second of this tubercule since 2008, height 235 cm
April 22, 2011 Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
April 23, 2011 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio The first Titan Arum grown from seed to bloom in Ohio
April 24, 2011 Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, Hilo, Hawaiʻi Plant from private collection, on loan for public display
May 12, 2011 University of Missouri–St. Louis Second bloom from a specimen that was planted in February 1995 and first bloomed in 1998. At the time, "Archie", a nickname derived from the word "archetype", was the very first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom in the United States since 1939. Bloom height at 1.35 m (53 inches) and weight of 10 kg. This is the 4th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. Archived 2011-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
May 18, 2011 Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden Third bloom in Sweden, second bloom in Bergianska trädgården. First bloom of "Cronus". Bloom reached 1.42 meter, first bloom in Sweden from a specimen from Jim Symon's seeds.
May 19, 2011 University of Missouri–St. Louis Height of 1.42 m (56 inches) and circumference of 0.94 m (37 inches). First bloom from a specimen also from Jim Symon's seeds. "Betty" is the 5th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton.
June 3. 2011 Eden Project, Cornwall Tuberous offset from a specimen that flowered in 2005. Tuber weighed 120 kg and reached a height of 2.91M.
June 8. 2011 Eden Project, Cornwall Tuberous offset from a specimen that flowered in 2005. Tuber weighed 80 kg and reached a height of 2.82M. Pollen from the bloom on June 3 was used to successfully pollinate this bloom. Fruit was collected in November of the same year.
June 8. 2011 University of Washington, Seattle Second bloom from a specimen that started as a seed in 1995, flowered in 2003 and then went dormant as a 50-pound tuber.
June 12, 2011 University of Missouri–St. Louis Height of 1.83 m (72 in) and circumference of 1.4 m (55 in). Second bloom from a specimen that also bloomed 2 years ago in 2009 and was nicknamed "Jim Symon", in honor of the collector of the seed. This is the 3rd consecutive bloom this year and the 6th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis over the past 16 years under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
June 16, 2011 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Corm #5, 159 cm
June 23, 2011Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis
June 28, 2011 Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN The plant, called "BOB, too", was grown from a seed collected in Sumatra in 1993 by Dr. James Symon while working with David Attenborough on filming the BBC nature documentary The Private Life of Plants .

Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine

July 4, 2011Murdough Greenhouse, Biology Dept, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH This 10-year-old specimen bloomed for the first time. Bloom was 70" tall, Nicknamed Morphy. Second bloom September 23, 2016.[ citation needed ]
July 15, 2011 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL Planted 10 years ago from a seed from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Titan, this was the first bloom for "Titania". The bloom was 55 inches in height. She is expected to bloom again in 2–3 years.
July 23, 2011 Roseville High School, Roseville, CA This plant, named "Tiger" after the Roseville High mascot, was the first Titan Arum brought to bloom by a public high school. It was grown from a seed that sprouted in October 2002, and reached a maximum height of 94 cm.
March 18, 2012 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY "Wee Stinky" flowered to a height of 1.68M.
May 4, 2012 Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada This specimen, named "Morph" bloomed around 6pm May 4, 2012. It reached 2.41M in height. This is the first bloom reported in Canada.
May 14, 2012 Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada This specimen was named "Clive". It was expected to bloom around May 14 but no confirmation found. Pollen from "Clive" was donated to Ohio State University to pollinate a bloom named "Jesse" later in May.
May 19, 2012 Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri First flowering of a Titan Arum at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Titan Arum was grown from seed sent by Jim Symon to Kathy Upton at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
May 25, 2012 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Named "Jesse" to honor OSU track star and Olympian Jesse Owens. Bloom began to open at 3:21 PM on May 25, 2012. Height was 5' 7.75" Tuber weight 35 lbs. This is second recorded bloom at OSU.
June 6, 2012 Eden Project, Cornwall Dubbed "007" as it was the 7th bloom at the Eden Project and it was 7 years old. Tuber weighed 35 kg and reached a height of 2.57M.
June 9, 2012 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens First bloom since 2005. Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
June 14, 2012 Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas Only fourth instance of a Titan arum blooming in the U.S. state of Texas. Named "Morticia".
June 16, 2012 University of Connecticut Corm #3, 2nd bloom for this specimen - 128 cm
June 19, 2012 Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts First blooming at the zoo. Also named "Morticia." Blossom lasted less than 24 hours.
June 19, 2012 Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri A month after the first flowering of a Titan Arum at the Missouri Botanical Garden a second plant flowered.
June 21, 2012 University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark First bloom in Denmark. Specimen donated by the Botanical Garden in Bonn in 2003.
July 1, 2012 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Third bloom for the "Velvet Queen." First bloomed on June 21, 2008, then again on June 9, 2010. 2012 inflorescence was 47.25" tall. Tuber was 33 lb.
November 19, 2012 Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Second bloom of this specimen
December 25, 2012 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia First bloom of this specimen
December 27, 2012 Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil Second bloom of this specimen
4 January 2013 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia Second plant not on public display ,
April 9, 2013 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States.
April 21, 2013 Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Putrella reached 243 cm tall and weighed 124 kg. First bloom in Western Canada. Archived 2013-09-04 at the Wayback Machine ,
May 14, 2013 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Second bloom of specimen "Woody" reached 72.5" tall. Tuber weight 49 lbs. Archived 2013-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
May 24, 2013 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio First bloom for specimen "Maudine", tuber division of specimen "Jesse". Named for 1926 OSU Homecoming Queen. Bloom reached 54.5" and tuber weighed 25 lbs. Archived 2013-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
June 19, 2013 California State University Chico, Chico, California
June 20–21, 2013 Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York Second bloom; "Metis".
June 21, 2013Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany Bloom reached 2.90 meters. Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
July 10, 2013 Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden Third bloom at Bergianska, fourth in Sweden. First bloom of 18-year-old "Crius", a specimen from Jim Symon's seeds. Bloom reached 1.94 meters. [ permanent dead link ](in Swedish)
July 13, 2013 University of Connecticut First inflorescence for 'Maximus'. Flower unfortunately aborted without opening fully, perhaps due to lighting issues.
July 20, 2013 Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany First documented bloom in Hamburg since 1929.

(in German)

July 21, 2013 United States Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C. First bloom for specimen.
July 30, 2013 University of California-Santa Barbara First bloom for specimen "Chanel." From 2002 cross of UCSB "Tiny" x Huntington Botanical Gardens.
August 1, 2013 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Plant was named "Dennis."
August 8, 2013 Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Plant named Romero, in honor of George A. Romero, whose 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead was filmed in the Pittsburgh region. Expected to bloom in mid-August.

August 19, 2013 University of Wisconsin–River Falls Second bloom.
October 31, 2013 Gustavus Adolphus College Plant named Perry, bloomed for the third time.
December 1, 2013 Domain Wintergardens, AucklandFirst bloom in New Zealand.
May 13, 2014 University of Mississippi, School of PharmacyFirst recorded bloom of 2014.
June 11, 2014 University of Mississippi, School of PharmacySecond bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden.
June 18, 2014Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Second bloom.
June 24, 2014 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, OCC Horticulture Garden"Little John", came from Huntington Library in San Marino, CA.
June 29, 2014 Jardin des plantes de Nantes, France (in French)
July 11, 2014 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Fourth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, and July 1, 2012. 2014 inflorescence was 76.0" tall. Tuber was 62 lb.
July 11, 2014 University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark Second bloom in Denmark from same specimen as in 2012. The flowerstalk reached a height 192 cm.
July 16, 2014 Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany First bloom in Hannover.
August 8, 2014 Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo, New York
August 24, 2014 Huntington Library, San Marino, California Fifth bloom at Huntington Archived 2017-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
September 28, 2014 Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Third bloom since 2011. Tuber weighed 45 kg and reached a height of 2.55M.
November 19, 2014 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Currently flowering at a height of 76".
January 5, 2015 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada First blooming at a Canadian university. 'Phoebe' became the first titan arum bloom anywhere in the world in 2015. Phoebe measured 1.7 metres on Jan 5, 2015. [ permanent dead link ]
14 March 2015 Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia Second flowering of tuber that flowered 4 January 2013 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
7 April 2015 Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Second flowering of Putrella, reaching 190 cm tall ,
20 April 2015 Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse, Winter Park, Florida "Adsila's first flowering since its planting in 2004
May 31, 2015 McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada First flowering of 'Magnus'. Flower had a height of 1.82 metres. [ permanent dead link ]
16 June 2015 California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA First Bloom of "Laura". Phil and Laura were obtained from two seedlings in 2009. Phil later bloomed in 2019.
26 June 2015 Paignton Zoo, England
27 June 2015 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland The spadix of "New Reekie" reached a height of 2.67m; the first flowering in Scotland.
9-10 July 2015Botanical Garden of the Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumFirst flowering of 'Aaron'
15 July 2015Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, NC'Morphius' grew to 50". It was the first bloom ever for the 17 year old plant.
17 July 2015University of North Carolina - Charlotte64" bloom on 'Odie'. It was cross-pollinated with Morphius, also in bloom in the Charlotte area.
18 July 2015 Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge Nicknamed 'Tiny Titan', the flowering was unexpected as the corm was under the minimum flowering weight of 15 kg.
July, 2015 Eden Project, Cornwall Flowered in July 2015 Archived 2016-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
25 July 2015 University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley Trudy
25 July 2015Jindai Botanical Gardens, JapanThis titum grew to 6'5" according to the BBC and other sources.
Aug 18, 2015 Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, US"Stinky" Bloom opened up in the middle of the night on August 17, 2015 [1]
Aug 28–29, 2015 Virginia Tech Horticulture Greenhouses, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia "Stinky Phil" bloomed overnight Aug 28–29, 2015
29 August 2015 Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin ‘Son of Bucky’ (offspring of the Big Bucky Corpse Flower at UW-Madison),
Sept 29–30, 2015 Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois, US"Alice the Amorphophallus" bloomed September 29–30, 2015 [2]
Dec 28, 2015 Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia "Indah" bloomed December 28, 2015 [3]
Feb 1, 2016 Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia"Ganteng" bloomed February 1, 2016. [4] [5]
March 7, 2016 Cibodas Botanical Garden, Cianjur_Regency, IndonesiaTallest known bloom to date: 3.73m
April 26, 2016 Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, IL "Sprout" started blooming overnight between Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26, 2016. [6]
May 1, 2016 The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom Two plants bloomed simultaneously during the night of May 1, 2016
May 5, 2016 Rollins College, Florida, USA "Racine's" first bloom since being planted in 2004. It bloomed simultaneously with a voodoo lily in the same greenhouse [7]
May 26, 2016Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany
June 29, 2016 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Fifth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, July 1, 2012, and July 11, 2014. 2016 inflorescence was 96.0" tall. Spathe was 48" wide. Tuber was estimated to be 100 lb. Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
July 19, 2016Periya Gurukula Botanical Garden, Kerala, India First bloom in India
July 27, 2016 National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium Second bloom. Tuber weighs 30 kg. Bloom is 2.37 metres tall
July 28, 2016 New York Botanical Garden, New York City
July 30, 2016Jordan Hall greenhouse at Indiana University "Wally" blooms for the first time
August 1, 2016 Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida "Audrey" starts blooming
August 1, 2016 United States Botanic Gardens in Washington, D.C. ,
August 6, 2016 Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, US"Little Stinker" starts blooming
28 August 2016 Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin ‘Son of Bucky’ (offspring of the Big Bucky Corpse Flower at UW-Madison),
September 9, 2016 University of Wisconsin–River Falls Third bloom. Did not open completely, fullest extent reached roughly 1 a.m., 53" height.
September 22, 2016 North Carolina State University "Lupin" first bloom. Bloomed at 76" and 38" wide at furthest point of spathe, fullest extent reached roughly 3 a.m. 13 year old plant, tuber weighed 51 lbs. Grown by Brandon Huber and Diane Mays
September 23, 2016 Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH Second Bloom
December 28, 2016 Collectors Corner Garden World in Braeside, Victoria, Australia "Tiny the Titan" flowered on December 28, 2016, reaching 1.77 metres tall and 1.1 metres wide, grown by Jeno Kapitany and Tom Kapitany at Collectors Corner, Garden world in Australia. A 96-hour livestream was hosted on YouTube of the flowering event, and a video was produced of the flowering.
January 3, 2017 Adelaide Botanic Garden Second consecutive bloom i for "Ganteng" in Adelaide Botanic Garden's Bicentennial Conservatory. The last was on February 1, 2016
April 11, 2017 National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium
April 20, 2017 McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada Second bloom for "Phoebe". This bloom measured 2.13m tall and 1.07m wide, Corm was estimated at 39 kg.
April 29, 2017 Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton Alberta, Canada Third bloom for "Putrella". 180 cm tall. [8]
May 15, 2017 Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, California
May 28, 2017 Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska"The Amazing Stinko" blooms
May 30, 2017 Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, ChinaBloom reached over 2 meters tall
May 30, 2017 Chicago Botanic Garden "Java", the first of the "Titan Twins", blooms. Bloom was 6.75 feet tall.
June 1, 2017 Chicago Botanic Garden "Sumatra", the second of the "Titan Twins", blooms. Bloom was 5.9 feet tall, but wider than "Java"'s bloom.
June 15, 2017 Conservatory of Flowers "Terra the Titan" bloomed late at night. It was pollinated with pollen from "Woody" at Ohio State University and "Sprout" at Chicago Botanic Garden ,
26 June 2017 Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge Nicknamed 'Titus', the flowering occurred 2 years after 'Tiny Titan' the other Titan Arum held at the gardens. 'Titus' last bloomed in 2004, and there are plans to pollinate from this flower using pollen from Edinburgh
26 June 2017California Carnivores in Sebastopol, CA"Audrey" bloomed in the afternoon, reaching an overall height of 5.25 feet (1.60 m)
27 June 2017 Kansas State University Bloomed late Tuesday
29 June 2017 Orange Coast College First bloom, "Little Dougie"
2 July 2017 Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
3 July 2017Rumah Perubahan, Bekasi, West Java
10 July 2017 Missouri Botanical Garden
26 July 2017 Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden 'Carrion My Wayward Son' ('Carrie' for short) bloomed for first time. 44.5 inches (1.13 m) tall ,
1 August 2017 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2.02 meters tall, called New Reekie. Second blooming.
7 August 2017 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY'Carolus' bloomed. Thought to be first outdoor bloom in a temperate climate.
17 August 2017 Roseville High School, Roseville, CA'Corona' bloomed from a 35.6 lb (16.1 kg) corm, and reached a height of 74" (188 cm); however, failed to open due to light pollution from an overhead campus security light. Corona is a seedling from the UC Davis Conservatory.
19 August 2017 United States Botanic Garden First of three plants to bloom. Thought to be first instance of three plants are blooming at the same time on North America. First bloom for this plant. 91.5 inches (232 cm) tall. ,
20 August 2017 Chicago Botanic Garden 'Sunshine' bloomed, with a height over 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and a girth of 39 inches (99 cm). Sixth specimen to bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden, but first to bloom while housed outdoors.
21 August 2017 United States Botanic Garden Second of three plants blooms. Height of 50 inches (130 cm). ,
28 August 2017 United States Botanic Garden Third of three plants blooms. Plant is 99.5 inches (253 cm) tall. ,
18 September 2017 San Diego Botanic Garden
25 October 2017 University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA Maladora
29 January 2018 Cairns Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Australia Named 'SPUD'. Reached a height of 2.4m. 90 kg tuber
3 February 2018 Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand The southernmost bloom achieved
Ongoing Tucson Botanical Gardens First bloom for "Rosie."
14 June 2018 Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin Second bloom for "Mori", an offspring of UW-Madison's "Big Bucky".
16 June 2018 University of Mississippi, School of PharmacyThird bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden.
July 2, 2018 Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Sixth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, July 1, 2012, July 11, 2014, and June 29, 2016. 2018 inflorescence was 73.75" (187 cm) tall. Spathe was 39" (99 cm) wide. Tuber was 120 lb. (54.4 kg)
July 6, 2018 Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic Gardens, Raleigh, NC First flowering of "Peter Grande". 77" inflorescence height.
July 12, 2018 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MIFirst bloom of "Putricia."
July 15, 2018 Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada First flowering of "Uncle Fester".
July 19, 2018 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio "Scarlet" and "Maudine" bloomed. OSU has over 100 specimens. [9]
August, 2018 Huntington Library, San Marino, California Four Corpse Flowers were produced at Huntington in 2018. First one failed to open fully and was dissected for educational purposes. The second one, "Stink", opened on August 16, 2018. "Stank" and "Stunk" opened on August 21, 2018.
August 15, 2018 Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, Rockford, IllinoisFirst flowering of "Grimace" at 15 years of age. Inflorescence was 80.375 inches tall. Grimace was gifted to Nicholas Conservatory by Huntington Botanical Gardens in 2011 for the grand opening of Nicholas Conservatory.
September 2, 2018 Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse, Winter Park, Florida "Racine's second flowering since its planting in 2004
October 8, 2018 California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California First bloom of "Greg" since 2015. Greg was gifted to Sacramento State in 1996 from UC Berkeley. Currently located in Sequoia Hall 105.
2019 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio'Stinky' "The corpse flower has bloomed just four other times over the last 28 years, the last time in 2019" [10]
May 25, 2019 Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois Second bloom of "Java." Java is one of a pair of twin titan arum. The other is Sumatra.

June 2, 2019 California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California First bloom of "Phil." Phil and Laura were obtained from two seedlings in 2009. Laura bloomed in 2015. Phil is located between the Hall of Science, and the Molecular and Life Sciences Center buildings at Cal State Long Beach during the day until it blooms.

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June 19, 2019 University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria First ever bloom of the plant in Salzburg and Austria. The plant was a present from Palmengarten, Frankfurt, and was cultivated from May 21, 2019. On June 19, 2019, the flower reached maximum influorescence. The plant stands in the foyer of the Natural Sciences Faculty at University of Salzburg, Austria.
June 24, 2019 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland The spadix of "New Reekie" reached a height of 2.76m; This was the third bloom on the same corm.
July 3, 2019 UMASS, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts An unusual flower bloomed Wednesday at UMass Amherst, which only happens every 7 to 12 years.
July 9, 2019 California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA "Laura," one of two corpse flowers at CSULB, is set for an early bloom.... Last blooming in 2015, Laura was not expected to bloom for another 3 years. This rare plant species known as Titan Arum, typically blooms only every 7 to 10 years. Laura and Phil were obtained as seedlings in 2009 for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics by Brian Thorson, Botany Curator and Technician. He tends all plants with great care and Laura and Phil have both responded with blooms accompanied by the famous stench. The first bloom was Laura at seven years in 2015, and then Phil had his first bloom at 10 years just this past month.
July 15, 2019Washington State University, VancouverFirst bloom of "Titan VanCoug" at WSU - Vancouver. Titan VanCoug has been raised by Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences Steve Sylvester. He planted a seed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's titan arum plant, affectionately named Big Bucky, in 2002. A late bloomer at 17, Titan VanCoug's first bloom was most likely delayed because its corm (tuber) cloned itself. While in bloom, it is on display outside the greenhouse at the east end of the Science and Engineering Building. [11]
July 24, 2019 Huntington Library, San Marino, California A corpse flower "Scentennial", named for Huntington's Centennial year celebration, is the tenth such flower at Huntington, opening at 63.75" tall. There have been 10 flowers in 20 years. [12]
August 2, 2019Plant Conservatory at NC State, Raleigh NCA corpse flower "Lupin" named after Harry Potter's Remus Lupin (lupin being wolf in Latin) to honor NC State (whose athletic teams are known as the Wolfpack) bloomed on August 1, 2019.
August 15, 2019 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA "Little Eva", one of three corpse flowers came from the Huntington Botanical Gardens, opened. The others bloomed in 2014 and 2017. [13]

2020 to present

DateLocationNotesReference
March 14, 2020 Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN The plant was a loan from a retired science teacher. The plant was first displayed in a horticulture classroom, then moved to public display once it began to bloom. [14]
May 13, 2020 Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse, Winter Park, Florida "Adsila's second flowering since its planting in 2004
July 9, 2020 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA Displayed at the Tropical House, "Musty" is the first to flower at the campus. The plant came from Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. [15]
July 11, 2020 Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens The specimen currently at the Conservatory was planted from seed at Cornell University in 2012. The Conservatory collected the plant in 2016, when the University auctioned it off at the International Plant Propagators Society. [16]
August 17, 2020San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers "Terra the Titan" bloomed again, first in 2017. [17]
August 24, 2020 U.S. Botanic Garden Two flowers were in bloom. One flower opened at a new record height of 102" at USBG on September 7, 2020. The second flower bloomed on September 15, 2020, at 107", a new record. [18]
August 26, 2020 Huntington Library, San Marino, California An 11th flower '2020' was growing in the Conservatory, unfurled on September 8, 2020, at 54". [19]
September 11, 2020 Roseville High School, Roseville, California 'Thing Two' bloomed from a 42.8 lb (19.4 kg) corm and reached a height of 79" (200.7 cm). This is the third bloom of a corpse flower at Roseville High. Thing Two is one of two corm fragments resulting from the spontaneous fission of 'Tiger' which bloomed in July 2011.
April 17, 2021 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 'Hoot' was the first ever Titan Arum to bloom at UWM, in honor of Dr. Sara Hoot, UWM Emeritus. Seed acquired by Thomas Schuck, germinated 1/5/2013, from specimen 'Jesse' (OSU Biological Sciences Greenhouse) and the pollen donor was 'Clive' (Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse, Niagara Falls, Ontario). [299]
June 13, 2021 University of Warsaw Botanic Garden, Warsaw, Poland First bloom of the Titan arum in Poland.
June 25, 2021 Huntington Library, San Marino, California A 12th flower, named "Stankosaurus Rex", was growing in the Conservatory to 98" tall. It bloomed on the morning of July 6, 2021.
July 16, 2021 Huntington Library, San Marino, California Two more flowers were growing at the botanical garden. They were named "Green Boy" and "Stinkie" in honor of Huntington's "The Blue Boy" and "Pinkie" paintings, the 13th and 14th flowers. Green Boy bloomed first on July 20, 2021. Stinkie opened on July 21, 2021.
July 21-2021 Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, Rockford, Illinois"Grimace" bloomed for the second time at Nicholas Conservatory at 18 years of age. Inflorescence was 68.75 inches tall
July 30, 2021 Huntington Library, San Marino, California Huntington's 15th flower was growing. It was placed at The California Science Center to allow people more access. It was named “Darth Vapor,” Lord of the Dank Side. It opened on August 11, 2021, at 2:00 PM
August 18, 2021 Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The second bloom of "Uncle Fester" opened up at night. Tickets to see the bloom sold out before it opened. [20]
April 25, 2022 Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida Two flowers bloomed a few days apart. They were not open for the public to view. [21]
May 29, 2022 Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee "Zeus" was planted from seed at Vanderbilt University and was raised to adulthood in the APSU Biology Department greenhouse.
May 30, 2022 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee UWM's NWQ Biological Sciences Greenhouse 2nd bloom from seed started in 2013 named 'Remember' as it opened at 8am on Memorial Day, and closed at 9:30am the next day. 'Remember' is the progeny of 'Woody' and 'Jesse'. [300]
June 8, 2022 Huntington Library, San Marino, California Huntington's 2019 Amorphophallus titanum plant "Scentennial," started blooming again, unfurled on June 19.
June 17, 2022 Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado One of the Garden's two corpse flowers, Little Stinker, started blooming for the first time since 2016. The flower started to close up and lose its stink earlier than expected on Friday afternoon. [22]
June 18, 2022 Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco, California One of their five corpse flowers, Chanel the Titan, bloomed for the first time in five years. [23]
June 24, 2022 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland The spadix of "New Reekie" reached a height of 2.43m; This was the fourth bloom on the same corm, which re-bloomed after setting seed on the previous flower.
July 10, 2022 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 'Hope' was the 3rd individual plant to bloom at UWM's NWQ Biological Sciences Greenhouse. The spadix was 138 cm tall and the spathe was 103 cm wide [301]
July 22, 2022 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio"Morticia" had her first bloom at the facility open on July 22, 2022. The plant was obtained from the Chicago Botanical Garden in 2019. [24]
July 24, 2022 University of California, Riverside Named "Little Miss Stinky", UCR's corpse flower was grown from a seed and flowered after 22 years. [25]
July 27, 2022 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, Ohio'Stinky' bloomed. [26]
August 16, 2022 Washington State University, Vancouver Second bloom of "Titan VanCoug" at WSU Vancouver. Titan VanCoug has been raised by emeritus Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences Steve Sylvester. He planted a seed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's titan arum plant, affectionately named Big Bucky, in 2002. A late bloomer at 17, Titan VanCoug's first bloom was most likely delayed because its corm (tuber) cloned itself. This is one of four plants within Titan's pot, the second to bloom. While in bloom, it is on display outside the greenhouse at the east end of the Science and Engineering Building. [27]
December 13, 2022 Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa The Titan arum bloomed on Tuesday 13 December 2022 at the Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden in South Africa in Tropical House 1. It was possibly the first public bloom of the species in southern Africa. [28]
January 8, 2023 Adelaide Botanic Garden, Adelaide, Australia A Titan Arum plant bloomed at Adelaide Botanic Garden after 10 years. This particular plant was propagated from a leaf cutting, in 2013, from an already-established adult Titan Arum. It was the 12th flowering Titan Arum at Adelaide Botanic Garden since 2015. This was the first plant to flower in Adelaide Botanic Garden history which wasn't grown from seed. [29]
June 30, 2023Washington State University VancouverTitan VanCoug bloomed for the third time since 2019. The pot, which contains 4 corms, provided viewers with all of Titan arum's life stages: A 9' leaf (the vegetative stage), a 4.5' bloom (the reproductive stage), a 3' infructescence from the 2022 bloom (mature reproductive stage) and a tiny new emergence. It was thought the emergence could be a bloom, but the 4th corm is producing another leaf.
July 3, 2023 San Diego Botanic Garden A Titan Arum plant on loan from the Fullerton Arboretum bloomed at San Diego Botanic Garden. [30]
July 3, 2023 Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco, California, United StatesA plant named Scarlet bloomed. It had previously bloomed in 2019. [31]
July 11, 2023 Jardin botanique Jean-Marie-Pelt, Nancy, France Plant grew from seeds obtained during the 2018 event in the National Botanic Garden of Belgium. At 2.1 m, spadix was tallest ever seen in France to that date. [32]
July 13, 2023 Amazon Spheres, Seattle, Washington, United StatesNamed "Morticia". [33]
July 23, 2023 Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, United StatesThe plant is about eight years old. [34]
August 16, 2023 Huntington Library, San Marino, California This is the 22nd amorphophallus titanium plant blooming at Huntington. Named Allan the Amorphophallus titanum, this 21-year old plant started opening up at 59.5" tall on August 27. [35]
September 12, 2023 Huntington Library, San Marino, California Two corpse flowers were blooming, with "Stinkie" opening on September 13 and the tall "Stankosaurus Rex" opening on September 16 at 93.75". [36]
November 24-26, 2023 Appalachian State University Biology GreenhouseThe first Appalachian State corpse flower, nicknamed 'Mongo', was received from Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2011. Grown by Jerry Meyer and Chad Wunderlich. 15 years later, Mongo is in its first bloom. Spadix height: 4'2". Spathe width: 2'9". Corm was 18" wide, 30 pounds prior to bloom. Vegetative state: approx 11' tall. [37]
April 9-10, 2024Private residence of Kevin Hauser, Dexter, Michigan Believed to be the first corpse flower to bloom in a private residence. Tallest flower ever in the state of Michigan. Corm weight 79.5 lbs. Plant age of 6.5 years. Peak height 63.5". [38]
June 21-23, 2024 Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Massachusetts The first of two Amorphophallus titanum to bloom from seeds started on April 16, 2013. These seeds were gifted by Ohio State University as offspring of their own plants. Nicknamed "Dame Judi Stench" by staff. [39]
July 21-31, 2024 Huntington Library, San Marino, California "Odora" opened on July 21, 2024 at 93 inches high. "Scentennial" was fully opened on July 31, 2024. [40]
July 27 2024 Washington State University Vancouver 3rd consecutive bloom in a row. We believe we have 4 corms in the pot and each one is on its own time clock. Getting under the dirt is the next step. [41]
July 29, 2024 Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, Rockford, IllinoisThird bloom of "Grimace" at 21 years of age. Inflorescence was 71.5 inches tall. Corm was 58.4 lbs when last weighed and repotted on December 22, 2023.
August 6-7, 2024 Botanical Garden of the Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia The first recorded bloom of Amorphophallus titanum in the Slovak Republic. The plant grew from seeds obtained in 2018 from another specimen in Liberec to over 2 metres tall. [42]

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