Discover the world's most extraordinary and elusive blooms, from the mysterious Ghost Orchid to the vibrant Jade Vine.

Vincetoxicum nakaianum tricks flies into pollinating it by imitating the smell of ants attacked by spiders. Ko Mochizuki stumbled upon this finding when he noticed flies clustering around the flowers ...

SEATTLE — Amazon's first-ever corpse flower, given the moniker "Morticia," has bloomed a second time. The Amorphophallus titanum, which lives in the Amazon Spheres, only blooms an average of every 5 ...

Few things are as inextricably tied to Hawaiʻi’s culture as a fragrant and colorful lei. They’re stacked high on the shoulders of graduates, slipped over the necks of wide-eyed visitors, or draped on ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two ...

Delphine Farmer receives funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Energy, and the W.M. Keck ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. — One of the world's rarest and smelliest plants, a corpse flower, has reached full bloom at the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas. The corpse flower gets its name from its odor, ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A rare sight — a flower that blooms once every seven to 10 years and only stays bloomed for two days, emitting a foul odor — the San Diego Botanic Garden’s corpse flower has ...