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The San Diego Botanic Garden has planted a tree that is a descendant of one of under 200 trees still alive in the Hiroshima area after the atomic bombing that...
The Titan Arum has become a rockstar in the plant world for its unpredictable displays, and more notoriously, its putrid stench of rotting flesh.
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The plants' rare and pungent blooms happen once every few years and last only a couple of days
NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Ari Novy of the San Diego Botanic Garden about the bloom of its corpse flower and why these iconic flowers evolved to stink so badly.
The Titan Arum has become a rockstar in the plant world for its unpredictable displays, and more notoriously, its putrid stench of rotting flesh.