Corpse Plant Mcmaster

Bear in mind that it will be 7 to 10 years before the corm is large enough to bear a flower.

Corpse plant mcmaster. The plant grows in the wild only in tropical regions of asia. The massive plant also called titan arum will unleash a stench likened to that of rotting flesh or meat. 98 of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day. Mcmaster carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595 000 products.

Arthur is named after arthur yeas a former caretaker of the greenhouse. The entrance can be accessed by the pathway opposite the burke science building towards hamilton hall and the mcmaster university faculty association and then turning left. There have only been just over 200 documented flowerings of the cultivated corpse plant since 1886 but mcmaster has produced two in the last year. The rare corpse flower widely known as the world s smelliest plant has begun to bloom at mcmaster one of only a handful in the world to do so this year.

Visitors are welcome. It is both beautiful and vile blooming for only a few days. Corpse flowers are tropical plants so they will need to be kept in a warm humid. Say hello to the corpse flower currently in bloom at mcmaster university s biology greenhouse a rare event that only happens for a few days at a time.

The biology greenhouse at mcmaster university is over 50 years old and is centrally located on the main campus between hamilton hall and the refectory where the phoenix and bridges café are housed. The flower is around 1 7 m tall about the. Mcmaster has three flowering corpse flowers arthur phoebe and magnus. This rare exotic plant blooms about once a decade and it s happening for the 1st time in the gta.

The corpse flower was first discovered in sumatra in 1878 by italian botanist odoardo beccari according to the uc botanical garden. Naturally found in the rain forests of sumatra indonesia the large purple flower grows upwards of five or six feet tall and can take many years to bloom. The blooms of the corpse flower can grow to more than three metres tall but they smell like rotting meat and the blooms only last about a day. Corpse flowers are available through reputable online retailers.