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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.
Date | Location | Notes | Reference |
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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 | ||
1937 | Botanical 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. | |
1939 | Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany | ||
July 1940 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | ||
1956 | Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands | ||
1980 | Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany | ||
1985 | Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany | Spadix grew to a height of 2.49 m (8.17 ft). | |
April 27–28, 1987 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | Spadix grew to a height of 1.63 m (5.35 ft). | |
1994 | Botanical Garden, Mainz, Germany | ||
1994 | Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany | ||
March 14, 1994 | Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia | Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001. | |
1995 | Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands | ||
February 15, 1995 | Land'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, 1996 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | ||
May 30 – June 2, 1996 | Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany | ||
1996 | Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany | ||
July 1996 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | ||
1997 | Land'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, 1998 | Botanical 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 Gardens | First Corpse Flower at The Huntington; first in California; 11th in the United States | |
September 3, 1999 | Fairchild Tropical Garden |
Date | Location | Notes | Reference |
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July 7, 2000 | Botanic 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, CA | Second 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, 2003 | Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany | ||
May 23, 2003 | Fullerton 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, 2005 | Botanic 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, 2005 | Stuttgart 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, 2006 | Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany | First titan arum with more than one inflorescence | (in German) |
June 5, 2006 | Fullerton 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, 2006 | Laconia 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, 2007 | Botanical 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, 2008 | The 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 Gardens | Third 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 |
Date | Location | Notes | Reference |
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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 Gardens | Second 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, 2010 | Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | ||
June 18, 2010 | Winnipesaukee 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, 2011 | Botanical 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, 2011 | Murdough 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, 2013 | Botanic 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. | |
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, Auckland | First bloom in New Zealand. | |
May 13, 2014 | University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy | First recorded bloom of 2014. | |
June 11, 2014 | University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy | Second bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden. | |
June 18, 2014 | Horticultural 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 2015 | Botanical Garden of the Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium | First flowering of 'Aaron' | |
15 July 2015 | Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, NC | 'Morphius' grew to 50". It was the first bloom ever for the 17 year old plant. | |
17 July 2015 | University of North Carolina - Charlotte | 64" 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 2015 | Jindai Botanical Gardens, Japan | This 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, Indonesia | Tallest 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, 2016 | Botanical 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, 2016 | Periya 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, 2016 | Jordan 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, China | Bloom 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 2017 | California 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 2017 | Rumah 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 Pharmacy | Third 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, MI | First 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, Illinois | First 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. | |
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, 2019 | Washington State University, Vancouver | First 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, 2019 | Plant Conservatory at NC State, Raleigh NC | A 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] |
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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, 2020 | San 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, 2023 | Washington State University Vancouver | Titan 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 States | A 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 States | Named "Morticia". | [33] |
July 23, 2023 | Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, United States | The 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 Greenhouse | The 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, 2024 | Private 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, Illinois | Third 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] |
Rafflesia, or stinking corpse lily, is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world. Plants of the World Online lists up to 41 species from this genus; all of them are found throughout Southeast Asia.
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe. Also known as the arum family, members are often colloquially known as aroids. This family of 114 genera and about 3,750 known species is most diverse in the New World tropics, although also distributed in the Old World tropics and northern temperate regions.
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