What is the flower that blooms and smells like death?
Titan arum is one of the smelliest plants on Earth. Nicknamed the corpse flower, it has an incredibly foul smell of rotten flesh when in bloom. This nauseating odour is produced to attract pollinators that love to feed and breed on flesh. Each bloom, visitors flock to see the corpse flower and, more importantly, smell it. The smell is described by visitors as similar to smelly socks, rotten meat, Limburger cheese, or dirty diapers. The plant’s smell and color mimics rotting flesh to attract pollinators like flies.