The Huntington Ships Stink to the California Science Center

An Amorphophallus titanum, better knows as a “corpse flower,” grown at The Huntington LIbrary, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino has arrived for a visit to the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where it’s expected to reveal it’s rare, stinky bloom mid-month, representatives said.

Having already hosted three blooms of corpse flowers, which can grow to more than 8 feet tall and are named for their pungent odor upon blooming, the Huntington decided to share the stench with botany lovers in L.A.

“In advance of its bloom, The Huntington’s 15th Corpse Flower traveled across the city on the morning of July 30 to stay with our friends at The California Science Center,” The Huntington said in a written statement.

“This is our first Amorphophallus titanum loan, and we’re excited to reach new Stinky Plant fans with this partnership,” the statement said.

When measured Wednesday, the flower had reached 46 inches tall, according to the California Science Center.

The corpse flower needs a name, and the California Science Center reached out to the public for help in the form of an online survey, which is to remain open through 5 p.m. Sunday at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/corpseflower.

Suggestions included “Spathe Cadet” and “Darth Vapor.”

The Huntington’s three corpse flowers in July were named “Green Boy,” Stinkie” and “Stankosaurus Rex.”

More details on the flower at the California Science Center is available online at californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/life-beginnings/corpse-flower.

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