With an Aroma of Rotting Flesh, Indonesian Corpse Flower Blooms in Ohio

A flower unlike any other flower is growing at The Ohio State University’s Botanical Greenhouse. After years of cultivation, what may be the worst smelling flower in the world, the amorphophallus titanum, has bloomed.

Geo Quiz

The world’s largest, rarest, smelliest, and infrequently blooming plant, the Titan Arum (Photo: OSU Botanical Greenhouse)

A flower unlike any other flower is growing at The Ohio State University’s Botanical Greenhouse. After years of cultivation, what may be the worst smelling flower in the world, the amorphophallus titanum, has bloomed.