What flower takes 7 years to bloom?
The Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, bloomed at San Diego Botanic Garden on October 22, 2023, at 3 PM! It’s the world’s largest flower, famous for its terrible smell that attracts insects that help pollinate it. Most corpse flowers take 7-10 years to bloom for the first time and then bloom every 4-5 years. While the corpse flower’s bloom is short-lived, the plant itself can live for 40 years or more. It spends much of its life cycle as a dormant underground tuber. The corpse flower is native to the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia and was first reported in 1878.