New video shows time-lapse of CSU's corpse flower blooming

Stunning timelapse footage shows corpse flower blooming after eight-year wait

Amorphophallus titanum (aka Corpse Flower) Native to Sumatra, this amazing aroid is one of the largest and rarest flowering plants on the planet. What you’re seeing here today is essentially one gigantic leaf, and beneath the soil, there’s an equally impressive tuber. Once the tuber has grown large enough, the current leaf will die back, and after several months of dormancy, a new, larger leaf will grow—with heights eventually reaching 15 to 20 feet. After one of these dormant cycles—and were no

The Corpse Flower: Description, Life Cycle, Facts, and More

NC State's Corpse Flowers - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Visitors gather to see rare corpse flower's short-lived bloom