What flower takes 3 years to bloom?
The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the Corpse Flower, is the largest unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom. It can grow more than 12 feet tall, blooms for only 24 hours every two to three years, and boasts a powerful stench when it blooms, earning the flower its putrid common name. The plant’s smell has also been likened to “Limburger cheese, garlic, rotting fish, and smelly feet. The titan arum is a flowering plant, native to Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. The plant’s full bloom only once every seven to ten years.