Corpse Flower Relatives. May 11 2017 The corpse flower may be the most infamous of aroids but several relatives of this rare and smelly plant can also be found growing and stinking at the Mis. Family Name Araceae.
Another type of corpse flower. This odor is a mechanism for the plant to draw in pollinators including carrion. A member of the Aroid plant family Araceae from Sumatra it has a number of titan arum relatives at the Garden from around the world.
Waves of visitors to a corpse flower opening at the New York botanical garden in 2016.
What else should we know about the corpse flower. Another type of corpse flower. After this initial bloom they can re-bloom every 3-5 years thereafter. A corpse flower Amorphophallus titanum plant also known as titan arum has bloomed at the US.