On June 7, 2001, one of the world's largest and most malodorous flowers, the titan arum, bloomed inside the UW-Madison Botany Greenhouse. The bloom was the first in Wisconsin and one of less than 15 recorded blooms in the United States. Latest updates Growth chart and blossom photos Time-lapse sequences of the bloom Other photos: Fruit development Spathe peels away exposing lower spadix Female ...

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Interesting facts about: Amorphophallus titanum, the Titan Arum or Bunga Bangkai ( Corpse flower ) Discovered in Sumatra by Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari in 1878. Found only in the equatorial tropical rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia. Seeds sent by Dr. Beccari to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (via Italy) were grown and the first ...

Current Location: Home Facilities Greenhouse Amorphophallus Amorphophallus - Corpse Flowers Members of the Family Araceae, the Arum Plants The Titan Arum Opens! | Campus | List-Serv | Links Tiffy The Titan Arum Opens for the First Time, Summer 2000! Tiffy Opens up for the first time! The spathe began to unfurl at 2pm Pacific Standard Time, Tuesday 13 June 2000, and continued to midnight.