Workers at Reiman Gardens in Ames are on "bloom watch" for a rare occurrence that will make for a smelly scene this spring.

"This isn’t just a flower—it’s a 10-foot-tall botanical rock star when in full bloom: Rare. Rancid. Ridiculously cool," ...

Corpse flowers are the celebrities of the plant world. When these rare plants bloom in botanic gardens, thousands of fans flock to see them—and, perhaps more importantly, to smell them. These large, ...

Reiman Gardens in Ames is inviting the public to experience the “dark side of the bloom” when their corpse flower named Stink ...

or corpse plant, takes about seven years to produce a bloom which only lasts about 48 hours. The rare event drew a crowd more than a week… Read More A giant flower that takes seven years to ...

Commonly called the “corpse flower,” Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species. Now ...

Credit: Mashable But the real attraction is that the plant actually smells like death ... Basically, it's New York City encapsulated in a large flower. The corpse flower is unpredictable with ...

we have added a Black Bat Flower (Tacca chantrieri), a Pelican Flower (Aristolochia gigantea), a coulple Hanging Lobster Claw plants (Heliconia rostrata), and two infamous Corpse Flower plants ...

Easter Sunday will be dry. Highs on Sunday will range from near 50 along the lake shore to the upper 60s south of I-76. US Vice President JD Vance met Saturday with the Vatican's No. 2 official ...