Corpse flower
- Over a thousand people queued to catch a glimpse of the extremely rare and aptly named ‘corpse flower’ in an abandoned gas station in San Francisco’s Bay Area.
- Scientific name: Amorphophallus titanum, this ultra-rare plant is known to bloom only once every seven to ten years.
- This flower is also considered to be one of the largest in the world.
- While the plant is native to Indonesia, its saplings have been cultivated in zoos, botanical gardens, and greenhouses around the world over the years.
- The average lifespan of this flower is about three-four decades.
- The flower is known for its pungent stench, which is said to be similar to rotting meat or a decaying cadaver.
- It was listed as an endangered plant in 2018 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).