Flowers are usually popular for their beautiful colors and sweet scents. But there are exceptions. The titan arum plant, also known as the "Corpse Flower" due to its pungent smell of rotting flesh, is very attractive as well. 

Just keep watching – that’s the best advice for witnessing the soon-to-blossom, towering titan arum housed in the Nursery of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG). The odd-looking plant, which has the largest unbranched flower cluster in the world, is expected to come in full bloom on June 3. 

XTBG welcomes our second bloom in five years of Amorphophallus titanum in 2022, more commonly known as the corpse flower or titan arum. 

Originally native to the tropical rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the plant rarely blossoms, even in the wild. In terms of artificial cultivation, there have been only 4 recorded blooms nationwide. And in XTBG, this is the second time since 2017.  

This plant now reaches 141 centimeters and is growing by 12 centimeters or so every day. When it comes to full bloom, the plant height will reach the highest and the smell becomes the worst. According to experts of XTBG, the full blossom will happen on June 3 and the full bloom lasts no more than 48 hours. 

Come and enjoy the magic stinky flower at the Shade Plant Garden of XTBG.  

Amorphophallus titanum comes to bloom in XTBG. 

Amorphophallus titanum comes to bloom in XTBG. 

Amorphophallus titanum comes to bloom in XTBG. 

Amorphophallus titanum comes to bloom in XTBG. 

Amorphophallus titanum comes to bloom in XTBG.