Date | Location | Notes | Reference |
15 January 2010 | Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | | |
March 1, 2010 | Nathanael Greene Park, Friends of the Garden, Springfield, Missouri | 'Audrey' 35 lb tuber. Current height 4 feet 5 inches with a 27.5 inch girth. |
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May 2, 2010 | Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL | | |
May 15, 2010 | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH | This was the second bloom for this specimen, named Cronus, obtained in 1994 from the National Aquarium in Baltimore. | |
June 4, 2010 | The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens | Second bloom at The Huntington Library in a row. | |
June 9, 2010 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Second bloom for this specimen | |
June 10, 2010 | Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI | | |
June 22, 2010 | UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina | Second bloom of this specimen. | |
June 29, 2010 | University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA | Maladora | |
July 11–12, 2010 | Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | First flowering for a 15-year-old plant | |
July 22–24, 2010 | Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX | First bloom, "Lois" | |
July 24–25, 2010 | Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota | Second bloom; "Perry" | |
December 17, 2010 | Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil | First bloom; first time ever in South America | |
September 14–16, 2010 | Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York | First bloom; "Metis". Spadix grew to 67.5 inches tall. Grown from seed acquired in Bali in 2005. | |
September 21, 2010 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | University's sixth since 2001 | |
October 11, 2010 | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | University's first since seed acquired in 2001 | |
January 25, 2011 | Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia | First for 2011 | |
March 15, 2011 | National Botanic Garden of Belgium | Third bloom, second of this tubercule since 2008, height 235 cm | |
April 22, 2011 | Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | | |
April 23, 2011 | Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | The first Titan Arum grown from seed to bloom in Ohio | |
April 24, 2011 | Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, Hilo, Hawaiʻi | Plant from private collection, on loan for public display | |
May 12, 2011 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | Second bloom from a specimen that was planted in February 1995 and first bloomed in 1998. At the time, "Archie", a nickname derived from the word "archetype", was the very first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom in the United States since 1939. Bloom height at 1.35 m (53 inches) and weight of 10 kg. This is the 4th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. | |
May 18, 2011 | Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden | Third bloom in Sweden, second bloom in Bergianska trädgården. First bloom of "Cronus". Bloom reached 1.42 meter, first bloom in Sweden from a specimen from Jim Symon's seeds. | |
May 19, 2011 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | Height of 1.42 m (56 inches) and circumference of 0.94 m (37 inches). First bloom from a specimen also from Jim Symon's seeds. "Betty" is the 5th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. | |
June 3. 2011 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Tuberous offset from a specimen that flowered in 2005. Tuber weighed 120 kg and reached a height of 2.91M. | |
June 8. 2011 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Tuberous offset from a specimen that flowered in 2005. Tuber weighed 80 kg and reached a height of 2.82M. Pollen from the bloom on June 3 was used to successfully pollinate this bloom. Fruit was collected in November of the same year. |
June 8. 2011 | University of Washington, Seattle | Second bloom from a specimen that started as a seed in 1995, flowered in 2003 and then went dormant as a 50-pound tuber. | |
June 12, 2011 | University of Missouri–St. Louis | Height of 1.83 m (72 in) and circumference of 1.4 m (55 in). Second bloom from a specimen that also bloomed 2 years ago in 2009 and was nicknamed "Jim Symon", in honor of the collector of the seed. This is the 3rd consecutive bloom this year and the 6th bloom to occur at the University of Missouri–St. Louis over the past 16 years under the care and supervision of Kathy Pickett Upton. | |
June 16, 2011 | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT | Corm #5, 159 cm | |
June 23, 2011 | Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis | | |
June 28, 2011 | Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN | The plant, called "BOB,too", was grown from a seed collected in Sumatra in 1993 by Dr. James Symon while working with David Attenborough on filming the BBC nature documentary The Private Life of Plants. |
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July 4, 2011 | Murdough Greenhouse, Biology Dept, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH | This 10-year-old specimen bloomed for the first time. Bloom was 70" tall, Nicknamed Morphy. Second bloom September 23, 2016. | |
July 15, 2011 | University of Illinois, Urbana, IL | Planted 10 years ago from a seed from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Titan, this was the first bloom for "Titania". The bloom was 55 inches in height. She is expected to bloom again in 2–3 years. | |
July 23, 2011 | Roseville High School, Roseville, CA | This plant, named "Tiger" after the Roseville High mascot, was the first Titan Arum brought to bloom by a public high school. It was grown from a seed that sprouted in October 2002, and reached a maximum height of 94 cm. | |
March 18, 2012 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | "Wee Stinky" flowered to a height of 1.68M. | |
May 4, 2012 | Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | This specimen, named "Morph" bloomed around 6pm May 4, 2012. It reached 2.41M in height. This is the first bloom reported in Canada. | |
May 14, 2012 | Niagara Parks, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | This specimen was named "Clive". It was expected to bloom around May 14 but no confirmation found. Pollen from "Clive" was donated to The Ohio State University to pollinate a bloom named "Jesse" later in May. | |
May 19, 2012 | Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri | First flowering of a Titan Arum at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The Titan Arum was grown from seed sent by Jim Symon to Kathy Upton at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. | |
May 25, 2012 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | Named "Jesse" to honor OSU track star and Olympian Jesse Owens. Bloom began to open at 3:21 PM on May 25, 2012. Height was 5' 7.75" Tuber weight 35 lbs. This is second recorded bloom at OSU. | |
June 6, 2012 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Dubbed "007" as it was the 7th bloom at the Eden Project and it was 7 years old. Tuber weighed 35 kg and reached a height of 2.57M. | |
June 9, 2012 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens | First bloom since 2005. | |
June 14, 2012 | Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas | Only fourth instance of a Titan arum blooming in the U.S. state of Texas. Named "Morticia". | |
June 16, 2012 | University of Connecticut | Corm #3, 2nd bloom for this specimen - 128 cm | |
June 19, 2012 | Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts | First blooming at the zoo. Also named "Morticia." Blossom lasted less than 24 hours. | |
June 19, 2012 | Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis, Missouri | A month after the first flowering of a Titan Arum at the Missouri Botanical Garden a second plant flowered. | |
June 21, 2012 | University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark | First bloom in Denmark. Specimen donated by the Botanical Garden in Bonn in 2003. | |
July 1, 2012 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Third bloom for the "Velvet Queen." First bloomed on June 21, 2008, then again on June 9, 2010. 2012 inflorescence was 47.25" tall. Tuber was 33 lb. | |
November 19, 2012 | Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | Second bloom of this specimen | |
December 25, 2012 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia | First bloom of this specimen | |
December 27, 2012 | Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Second bloom of this specimen | |
4 January 2013 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia | Second plant not on public display | , |
April 9, 2013 | Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States. | | |
April 21, 2013 | Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | Putrella reached 243 cm tall and weighed 124 kg. First bloom in Western Canada. | , |
May 14, 2013 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | Second bloom of specimen "Woody" reached 72.5" tall. Tuber weight 49 lbs. | |
May 24, 2013 | The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio | First bloom for specimen "Maudine", tuber division of specimen "Jesse". Named for 1926 OSU Homecoming Queen. Bloom reached 54.5" and tuber weighed 25 lbs. | |
June 19, 2013 | California State University Chico, Chico, California | |
June 20–21, 2013 | Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York | Second bloom; "Metis". | |
June 21, 2013 | Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany | Bloom reached 2.90 meters. | (in German) |
July 10, 2013 | Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden | Third bloom at Bergianska, fourth in Sweden. First bloom of 18-year-old "Crius", a specimen from Jim Symon's seeds. Bloom reached 1.94 meters. | (in Swedish) |
July 13, 2013 | University of Connecticut | First inflorescence for 'Maximus'. Flower unfortunately aborted without opening fully, perhaps due to lighting issues. | |
July 21, 2013 | United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC | First bloom for specimen. | |
July 30, 2013 | University of California-Santa Barbara | First bloom for specimen "Chanel." From 2002 cross of UCSB "Tiny" x Huntington Botanical Gardens. | |
August 1, 2013 | University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin | Plant was named "Dennis." | |
August 8, 2013 | Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Plant named Romero, in honor of George A. Romero, whose 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead was filmed in the Pittsburgh region. Expected to bloom in Mid-August. |
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August 19, 2013 | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | Second bloom. | |
October 31, 2013 | Gustavus Adolphus College | Plant named Perry, bloomed for the third time. | |
December 1, 2013 | Domain Wintergardens, Auckland | First bloom in New Zealand. | |
May 13, 2014 | University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy | First recorded bloom of 2014. | |
June 11, 2014 | University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy | Second bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden. | |
June 24, 2014 | Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, OCC Horticulture Garden | "Little John" | |
June 29, 2014 | Jardin des plantes de Nantes, France | | (in French) |
July 11, 2014 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Fourth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, and July 1, 2012. 2014 inflorescence was 76.0" tall. Tuber was 62 lb. | |
July 11, 2014 | University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark | Second bloom in Denmark from same specimen as in 2012. The flowerstalk reached a height 192 cm. |
July 16, 2014 | Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, Hannover, Germany | First bloom in Hannover. | |
August 8, 2014 | Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo, New York | | |
August 24, 2014 | Huntington Library, San Marino, California | Fifth bloom at Huntington | |
September 28, 2014 | Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland | Third bloom since 2011. Tuber weighed 45 kg and reached a height of 2.55M. | |
November 19, 2014 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Currently flowering at a height of 76". | |
January 5, 2015 |
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
First blooming at a Canadian university. 'Phoebe' became the first titan arum bloom anywhere in the world in 2015. Phoebe measured 1.7 metres on Jan 5, 2015. |
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14 March 2015 | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia | Second flowering of tuber that flowered 4 January 2013 | |
7 April 2015 | Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | Second flowering of Putrella, reaching 190 cm tall | , |
20 April 2015 | Rollins College Hauck Greenhouse, Winter Park, Florida | First flowering since its planting in 1993 | |
May 31, 2015 | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | First flowering of 'Magnus'. Flower had a height of 1.82 metres. | |
26 June 2015 | Paignton Zoo, England | | |
27 June 2015 | Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland | The spadix of "New Reekie" reached a height of 2.67m; the first flowering in Scotland. | |
9-10 July 2015 |
Botanical Garden of the Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium |
First flowering of 'Aaron' |
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15 July 2015 |
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont, NC |
'Morphius' grew to 50". It was the first bloom ever for the 17 year old plant. |
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17 July 2015 |
University of North Carolina - Charlotte |
64" bloom on 'Odie'. It was cross-pollinated with Morphius, also in bloom in the Charlotte area. |
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18 July 2015 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge | Nicknamed 'Tiny Titan', the flowering was unexpected as the corm was under the minimum flowering weight of 15 kg. | |
July, 2015 | Eden Project, Cornwall | Flowered in July 2015 | |
25 July 2015 | University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley | Trudy | |
25 July 2015 |
Jindai Botanical Gardens, Japan |
This titum grew to 6'5" according to the BBC and other sources. |
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Aug 18, 2015 | Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, USA | Bloom opened up in the middle of the night on August 17, 2015 | [1] |
Aug 28-29, 2015 | Virginia Tech Horticulture Greenhouses, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia | "Stinky Phil" bloomed overnight Aug 28-29, 2015 | |
Sept 29-30, 2015 | Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois, USA | "Alice the Amorphophallus" bloomed September 29-30, 2015 | [2] |
Dec 28, 2015 | Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | "Indah" bloomed December 28, 2015 | [3] |
Feb 1, 2016 |
Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
"Ganteng" bloomed February 1, 2016. |
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April 26, 2016 | Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago, IL | "Sprout" started blooming overnight between Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26, 2016. | [6] |
May 1, 2016 | The Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom | Two plants bloomed simultaneously during the night of May 1, 2016 | |
May 5, 2016 |
Rollins College, Florida, USA |
bloomed simultaneously with a voodoo lily in the same greenhouse |
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May 26, 2016 | Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany | | |
June 29, 2016 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Fifth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, July 1, 2012 and July 11, 2014. 2016 inflorescence was 96.0" tall. Spathe was 48" wide. Tuber was estimated to be 100 lb. | |
July 19, 2016 | Periya Gurukula Botanical Garden, Kerala, India | First bloom in India | |
July 27, 2016 | Botanical Garden Meise | Second bloom. Tuber weighs 30 kg. Bloom is 2.37 metres tall | |
July 28, 2016 | New York Botanical Garden, New York City | | |
July 30, 2016 | Jordan Hall greenhouse at Indiana University | "Wally" blooms for the first time | |
August 1, 2016 | Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida | "Audrey" starts blooming | |
August 1, 2016 | United States Botanic Gardens in Washington, DC | | , |
August 6, 2016 | Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, USA | "Little Stinker" starts blooming | |
September 9, 2016 | University of Wisconsin–River Falls | Third bloom. Did not open completely, fullest extent reached roughly 1 a.m., 53" height. | |
September 22, 2016 | North Carolina State University | "Lupin" first bloom. Bloomed at 76" and 38" wide at furthest point of spathe, fullest extent reached roughly 3 a.m. 13 year old plant, tuber weighed 51 lbs. Grown by Brandon Huber and Diane Mays | |
September 23, 2016 | Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH | Second Bloom | |
January 3, 2017 | Adelaide Botanic Garden | Second consecutive bloom i for "Ganteng" in Adelaide Botanic Garden's Bicentennial Conservatory. The last was on February 1, 2016 | |
April 11, 2017 | Botanical Garden Meise | | |
April 20, 2017 |
McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada |
Second bloom for "Phoebe". This bloom measured 2.13m tall and 1.07m wide, Corm was estimated at 39kg. |
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April 29, 2017 |
Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton Alberta, Canada |
Third bloom for "Putrella". 180cm tall. |
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May 15, 2017 | Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, California | | |
May 28, 2017 | Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska | "The Amazing Stinko" blooms | |
May 30, 2017 | Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna, China | Bloom reached over 2 meters tall | |
May 30, 2017 | Chicago Botanic Garden | "Java", the first of the "Titan Twins", blooms. Bloom was 6.75 feet tall. | |
June 1, 2017 | Chicago Botanic Garden | "Sumatra", the second of the "Titan Twins", blooms. Bloom was 5.9 feet tall, but wider than "Java"'s bloom. | |
June 15, 2017 | Conservatory of Flowers | "Terra the Titan" bloomed late at night. It was pollinated with pollen from "Woody" at Ohio State University and "Sprout" at Chicago Botanic Garden | , |
26 June 2017 | Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge | Nicknamed 'Titus', the flowering occurred 2 years after 'Tiny Titan' the other Titan Arum held at the gardens. 'Titus' last bloomed in 2004, and there are plans to pollinate from this flower using pollen from Edinburgh | |
26 June 2017 | California Carnivores in Sebastopol, CA | "Audrey" bloomed in the afternoon, reaching an overall height of 5.25 feet (1.60 m) | |
27 June 2017 | Kansas State University | Bloomed late Tuesday | |
29 June 2017 | Orange Coast College | First bloom, "Little Dougie" | |
2 July 2017 | Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum | | |
3 July 2017 | Rumah Perubahan, Bekasi, West Java | | |
10 July 2017 | Missouri Botanical Garden | | |
26 July 2017 | Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden | 'Carrion My Wayward Son' ('Carrie' for short) bloomed for first time. 44.5 inches (1.13 m) tall | , |
1 August 2017 | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | 2.02 meters tall, called New Reekie. Second blooming. | |
7 August 2017 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | 'Carolus' bloomed. Thought to be first outdoor bloom in a temperate climate. | |
19 August 2017 | United States Botanic Garden | First of three plants to bloom. Thought to be first instance of three plants are blooming at the same time on North America. First bloom for this plant. 91.5 inches (232 cm) tall. | , |
20 August 2017 | Chicago Botanic Garden | 'Sunshine' bloomed, with a height over 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and a girth of 39 inches (99 cm). Sixth specimen to bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden, but first to bloom while housed outdoors. | |
21 August 2017 | United States Botanic Garden | Second of three plants blooms. Height of 50 inches (130 cm). | , |
28 August 2017 | United States Botanic Garden | Third of three plants blooms. Plant is 99.5 inches (253 cm) tall. | , |
18 September 2017 | San Diego Botanic Garden | | |
25 October 2017 | University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA | Maladora | |
29 January 2018 | Cairns Botanic Gardens, Cairns, Australia | Named 'SPUD'. Reached a height of 2.4m. 90 kg tuber | |
3 February 2018 | Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand | The Southern most bloom achieved | |
Ongoing |
Tucson Botanical Gardens | First bloom for "Rosie." | |
14 June 2018 | Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin | Second bloom for "Mori." | |
16 June 2018 |
University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy |
Third bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden. |
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July 2, 2018 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL | Sixth bloom for the "Velvet Queen." Previously bloomed on June 21, 2008, June 9, 2010, July 1, 2012, July 11, 2014 and June 29, 2016. 2018 inflorescence was 73.75" (187 cm) tall. Spathe was 39" (99 cm) wide. Tuber was 120 lb. (54.4 kg) | |
July 6, 2018 | Plant Delights Nursery/Juniper Level Botanic Garden, Raleigh, NC | First flowering of “Peter Grande”. 77” inflorescence height. | |
July 12, 2018 |
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI |
First bloom of "Putricia." |
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July 15, 2018 | Bloedel Conservatory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | First flowering of "Uncle Fester". | |
August, 2018 | Huntington Library, San Marino, California | Four Corpse Flowers were produced at Huntington in 2018. First one failed to open and was dissected for educational purposes. The second one, "Stink", opened on August 16, 2018. "Stank" and "Stunk" opened on August 21, 2018. | |
October 8, 2018 | California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California | First bloom of "Greg" since 2015. Greg was gifted to Sacramento State in 1996 from UC Berkeley. Currently located in Sequoia Hall 105. | |