List of publicised titan arum blooms in cultivation

This list of publicized titan arum blooms in cultivation is a partial listing of flowering events of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) in cultivation. Add Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus Ohio to list of current blooms. July 11, 2020

Before 2000

Date	Location	Notes
1889	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	First known flowering in cultivation
1894	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Titan arum became the symbol of the Indonesian Botanic Gardens
1901	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1924	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia
1926	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1929	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
June 28, 1929	Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany
1930	Botanical Garden, Hamburg, Germany
1932	Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands	Spadix grew to a height of 2.67 m (8.75 ft) and spathe was 1.5 m (4.92 ft) in diameter
1934	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia
1935	Botanic Garden of Wageningen, Netherlands
1935	Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden	First bloom in Sweden. Bloom of a 29 kilogram plant, acquired from Sumatra in 1932. Bloom reached 1.55 meter.
1936	Bern Botanical Garden, Switzerland
1937	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 2 m (6 ft). Corm imported from Sumatra by Prof. Koernicke in 1934.
June/August? 1937	New York Botanical Garden, New York City	Spadix grew to a height of 2.57 m (8.43 ft). Corm weighed 45.36 kg. The titan arum became the "Official Flower of the Bronx".
July 2, 1939	New York Botanical Garden, New York City	Spadix grew to a height of 1.22 m (4 ft). Corm weighed 14.06 kg.
1939	Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany
July 1940	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany
1956	Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands
1980	Botanical Garden, Munich, Germany
1985	Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 2.49 m (8.17 ft).
April 27–28, 1987	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 1.63 m (5.35 ft).
1994	Botanical Garden, Mainz, Germany
1994	Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
March 14, 1994	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001.
1995	Botanical Garden, Leiden, Netherlands
February 15, 1995	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Spadix grew to a height of 1.45 m (4.76 ft) and the spathe was 63 cm (2.07 ft) in diameter.
May 8–11, 1996	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany
May 30 – June 2, 1996	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany
1996	Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
July 1996	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
1997	Land's Plantentuin Buitenzorg, Kebun Raya Bogor, Java, Indonesia	Same corm also bloomed in 1994 and 2001.
May 1, 1998	University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States	Spadix grew to 0.89 m. (2 feet 11 inches) high. Plant grown from wild-collected seed discovered by Dr. Jim Symon. The seed was planted in February 1995, and grown in the University of Missouri/St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton. "Archie" was the very first Amorphophallus titanum to bloom in the United States since 1939.
May 1–3, 1998	Botanical Garden, Bonn, Germany	Spadix grew to a height of 2.34 m (7.68 ft).
June 24, 1998	Fairchild Tropical Garden, Florida, United States	Spadix grew to a height of 1.51 m (4.95 ft) and spathe was 0.76 m (2.49 ft) in diameter. Also bloomed in May 2001.
July 6, 1998	Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia, United States	Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m (6.23 ft).
May 21, 1999	Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
July 7, 1999	University of Washington, Seattle	First bloom in the western part of the United States; the 10th flower in the country.
August 1, 1999	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens	First Corpse Flower at The Huntington; first in California; 11th in the United States
September 3, 1999	Fairchild Tropical Garden

2000-2009

Date	Location	Notes	Reference
July 7, 2000	Botanic Gardens, University of Bonn
June 12, 2000	Atlanta Botanical Garden
June 13, 2000	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton
May 7, 2001	University of Washington, Seattle
May 15, 2001	Fairchild Tropical Garden
May 2001	Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
June 7, 2001	University of Wisconsin–Madison
June 20, 2001	University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States	Spadix grew to 1.22 m. (4 feet) high. Corm weight was 9.98 kg. (22 pounds). Grown in the University of Missouri-St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton.
June 27, 2001	Fairchild Tropical Garden
2002	Giardino dei Semplici, Florence, Italy		it:Giardino dei Semplici
May 1, 2002	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
May 29, 2002	University of Washington, Seattle
June 1, 2002	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
June 20, 2002	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
July 31, 2002	University of Wisconsin–Madison
August 7, 2002	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA	Second corpse flower at the garden
Mid-August, 2002	University of California-Santa Barbara	Only bloom from specimen "Tiny." Received from University of Connecticut in 1995.
May 12, 2003	Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden	Garden's fifth since 1998
May 22, 2003	Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany
May 23, 2003	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton
June 9, 2003	UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis
June 10, 2003	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London	Kew's fourth since April 2002
July 2, 2003	Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest		(in French)
July 23, 2003	United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC	Garden's second since 2001
July 6, 2004	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	The first Titan bloom at UConn.
July 12, 2004	Mast Arboretum, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
August 4, 2004	Virginia Tech Horticulture Garden, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
August 4, 2004	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's third since 2001
August 13, 2004	UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, University of California, Davis
September 2, 2004	Cambridge University Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge
7 October 2004	Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia
11 April 2005	Eden Project, St Austell, UK
21 April 2005	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London	Kew's fifth since April 2002
May 14, 2005	Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden	Garden's fifth since 1998
May 30, 2005	San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
June 9, 2005	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's fourth since 2001
18 June 2005	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London	Kew's sixth since April 2002
June 28, 2005	University of Wisconsin–Madison	University's fifth since 2001
June 29, 2005	Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle	On loan from University of Washington
June 29, 2005	Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 14, 2005	University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley	On loan from Bill Weaver
July 14, 2005	Botanic Garden, Gothenburg, Sweden	Second bloom in Sweden, first bloom in the Botanic Garden in Gothenburg.
August 13, 2005 (est)	The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton, MA
October 20, 2005	Stuttgart Zoological and Botanic Garden, Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany		(in German)
November 19, 2005	United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC	Specimen owned by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
May 13, 2006	Botanic Garden, Bonn, Germany	First titan arum with more than one inflorescence	(in German)
June 5, 2006	Fullerton Arboretum, California State University, Fullerton
August 5, 2006	Virginia Tech Biological Sciences Greenhouse, Blacksburg, VA
August 7, 2006	Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York
August 15, 2006	Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle, WA	On loan from the University of Washington
August 21, 2006	Laconia NH Lakeport Fire Station, Laconia, NH
November 2, 2006	Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia
February, 2007	Eden Project, Cornwall
April 22, 2007	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
May 3, 2007	Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota
May 7, 2007	Botanical Conservatory at the University of California, Davis
May 12, 2007	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	This was this specimen's second bloom.
June 1, 2007	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	This was the first bloom for this specimen.
July 1, 2007	UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens, Charlotte, North Carolina
July 2, 2007	United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC	On loan from the Smithsonian Department of Botany Research.
July 23, 2007	Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland, OH	This was the first bloom for this specimen, named Cronus, obtained in 1994 from the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
August 7, 2007	University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, CA	Named Titania, after the Shakespearean fairy
August 14, 2007	Giardino dei Semplici, Florence
October 4, 2007	Giardino dei Semplici, Florence
April 10, 2008	Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN	Plant called "Bob" had a bloom of ~2' in height.
June 21, 2008	Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois	First Titan Arum bloom in Illinois
July 8, 2008	University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	Back-to-back blooms for this specimen (13-month dormancy with no intervening leaf stage, possibly a first?); final height 70.5" (about 1.79m), UConn's largest bloom to date.
July 20, 2008	The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Northampton, MA
July 28, 2008	Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle	On loan from University of Washington
August 5, 2008	National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium	Named Jean-Pol, de knol. Spadix grew to a height of 1.56 m.
September 6, 2008	National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium	Named Hercule, le tubercule. Spadix grew to a height of 1.9 m.
November 10, 2008	Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	The first bloom for the specimen, named Neilson.
May 1, 2009	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	Two plants were in bloom. See photos below.
June 7, 2009	University of Missouri–St. Louis	First bloom for the specimen, after 14 years of dormant cultivation. Grown in the University of Missouri/St. Louis greenhouse by Kathy Pickett Upton.
June 17, 2009	The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens	Third such flower the botanical garden
June 22, 2009	University of California Botanical Garden, University of California, Berkeley	Trudy
June 28, 2009	Le Conservatoire Botanique, Brest	Second bloom of this specimen	(in French)
July 4, 2009	San Francisco State University Greenhouse	San Francisco State University
October 28, 2009	Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin

2010 to present

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.
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. Fourth corpse flower at the Huntington.
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.
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.
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 18, 2014	Horticultural Gardens, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI	Second bloom.
June 24, 2014	Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, OCC Horticulture Garden	"Little John", came from Huntington Library in San Marino, CA.
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.
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.
16 June 2015	California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA	First Bloom of "Laura". Phil and Laura were obtained from two seedlings in 2009. Phil later bloomed in 2019.
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'
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.
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.
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.
Aug 18, 2015	Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, US	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
29 August 2015	Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin	‘Son of Bucky’ (offspring of the Big Bucky Corpse Flower at UW-Madison),
Sept 29–30, 2015	Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois, US	"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.	[4][5]
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	[7]
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, US	"Little Stinker" starts blooming
28 August 2016	Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin	‘Son of Bucky’ (offspring of the Big Bucky Corpse Flower at UW-Madison),
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
December 28, 2016	Collectors Corner Garden World in Braeside, Victoria, Australia	"Tiny the Titan" flowered on December 28, 2016, reaching 1.77 metres tall and 1.1 metres wide, grown by Jeno Kapitany and Tom Kapitany at Collectors Corner, Garden world in Australia. A 96-hour livestream was hosted on YouTube of the flowering event, and a video was produced of the flowering.
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 39 kg.
April 29, 2017	Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton Alberta, Canada	Third bloom for "Putrella". 180 cm tall.	[8]
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.
17 August 2017	Roseville High School, Roseville, CA	'Corona' bloomed from a 35.6 lb (16.1 kg) corm, and reached a height of 74" (188 cm); however, failed to open due to light pollution from an overhead campus security light. Corona is a seedling from the UC Davis Conservatory.
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 southernmost bloom achieved
Ongoing	Tucson Botanical Gardens	First bloom for "Rosie."
14 June 2018	Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin	Second bloom for "Mori", an offspring of UW-Madison's "Big Bucky".
16 June 2018	University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy	Third bloom at the Maynard W. Quimby Medicinal Plant Garden.
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."
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 fully 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.
May 25, 2019	Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois	Second bloom of "Java." Java is one of a pair of twin titan arum. The other is Sumatra.
June 2, 2019	California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California	First bloom of "Phil." Phil and Laura were obtained from two seedlings in 2009. Laura bloomed in 2015. Phil is located between the Hall of Science, and the Molecular and Life Sciences Center buildings at Cal State Long Beach during the day until it blooms.	,
June 19, 2019	Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg, NAWI, Salzburg, Austria	First ever bloom of the plant in Salzburg and Austria. The plant was a present from Palmengarten, Frankfurt, and was cultivated from May 21, 2019. On June 19, 2019 the flower reached maximum influorescence. The plant stands in the foyer of the Natural Sciences Faculty at University of Salzburg, Austria.
July 3, 2019	UMASS, Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts	An unusual flower bloomed Wednesday at UMass Amherst, which only happens every 7 to 12 years.
July 9, 2019	California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA	"Laura," one of two corpse flowers at CSULB, is set for an early bloom.... Last blooming in 2015, Laura was not expected to bloom for another 3 years. This rare plant species known as Titan Arum, typically blooms only every 7 to 10 years. Laura and Phil were obtained as seedlings in 2009 for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics by Brian Thorson, Botany Curator and Technician. He tends all plants with great care and Laura and Phil have both responded with blooms accompanied by the famous stench. The first bloom was Laura at seven years in 2015, and then Phil had his first bloom at 10 years just this past month.
July 15, 2019	Washington State University, Vancouver	First bloom of "Titan VanCoug" at WSU - Vancouver. Titan VanCoug has been raised by Associate Professor of Molecular Biosciences Steve Sylvester. He planted a seed from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's titan arum plant, affectionately named Big Bucky, in 2002. A late bloomer at 17, Titan VanCoug's first bloom was most likely delayed because its corm (tuber) cloned itself. While in bloom, it is on display outside the greenhouse at the east end of the Science and Engineering Building.	[9]
July 24, 2019	Huntington Library, San Marino, California	A corpse flower "Scentennial", named for Huntington's Centennial year celebration, is the tenth such flower at Huntington, opening at 63.75" tall. There have been 10 flowers in 20 years.	[10]
August 2, 2019	Plant Conservatory at NC State, Raleigh NC	A corpse flower "Lupin" named after Harry Potter's Remus Lupin (lupin being wolf in Latin) to honor NC State (whose athletic teams are known as the Wolfpack) bloomed on August 1, 2019.
August 15, 2019	Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA	"Little Eva", one of three corpse flowers came from the Huntington Botanical Gardens, opened. The others bloomed in 2014 and 2017.	[11]
March 14, 2020	Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN	The plant was a loan from a retired science teacher. The plant was first displayed in a horticulture classroom, then moved to public display once it began to bloom.	[12]
July 9, 2020	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA	Displayed at the Tropical House, "Musty" is the first to flower at the campus. The plant came from Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo.	[13]
August 17, 2020	San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers	"Terra the Titan" bloomed again, first in 2017.	[14]
August 24, 2020	U.S. Botanic Garden	Two flowers were in bloom. One flower opened at a new record height of 102" at USBG on September 7, 2020. The second flower bloomed on September 15, 2020 at 107", a new record.	[15]
August 26, 2020	Huntington Library, San Marino, California	An 11th flower '2020' was growing in the Conservatory, unfurled on September 8, 2020 at 54".	[16]
September 11, 2020	Roseville High School, Roseville, California	'Thing Two' bloomed from a 42.8 lb (19.4 kg) corm and reached a height of 79" (200.7 cm). This is the third bloom of a corpse flower at Roseville High. Thing Two is one of two corm fragments resulting from the spontaneous fission of 'Tiger' which bloomed in July 2011.

Gallery

Titan arum, U.S. Botanic Garden, July 23, 2003
Titan arum at Kew Gardens, London, England, in June 2005
Amorphophallus titanum at Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany, at October 20, 2005
Titan arum at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington D.C., on November 20, 2005
Detail of Amorphophallus titanum with 3 flowers, Botanic Garden Bonn, Germany, May, 14th 2006
Detail of Amorphophallus titanum with 3 flowers, Botanic Garden Bonn, Germany, May, 14th 2006
Amorphophallus titanum Fairchild Gardens, Miami, "Audrey III", 20 May 2006.
First of two plants, Kew Gardens, London, May 1, 2009
Second of two plants, Kew Gardens, London, May 1, 2009
Botanical Garden of the University of Basel, April 24, 2011
Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 2012
Amorphophallus titanum at Moody Gardens, Galveston, Texas, USA, June 14, 2012
Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,
June 20, 2012
Amorphophallus titanum ("Putrella") at Muttart Conservatory, Edmonton. April 22, 2013
"Crius" at Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden July 11, 2013
Huntington Library, San Marino, California August 24, 2014
"Trudy" at University of California Botanical Garden Berkeley, US July 25, 2015
Phoebe at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, April 20, 2017

References

Turkewitz, Julie (2015-08-21). "Thousands Stop to Smell a Flower (and Hope Not to Gag)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
"Titan Arum | Chicago Botanic Garden". www.chicagobotanic.org. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
"Titan Arum | Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens". http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/botanicgardens/Home. Retrieved 2015-12-28. External link in |website= (help)
"Thousands queue for whiff of Adelaide 'corpse flower'". ABC News. February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
"Botanic Gardens SA on Twitter". Twitter. February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
Dorfman, Daniel I. (April 26, 2016). "Sprout the corpse flower finally blooms, starts stinking". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
"Rollins College corpse plant blooms overnight". 2016-05-06.
"Corpse flower blooms at Edmonton's Muttart Conservatory". Edmonton Journal. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
"Titan VanCoug Live Bloom - About - WSU Vancouver". vancouver.wsu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
"Rare Corpse Flower Prepares to Bloom". The Huntington. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
Truong, Hanh. "Orange Coast College eagerly awaits the stench from a blooming corpse flower". ocregister.com. The Orange County Register. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
"Corpse flower blooms at central Minnesota college". grandforksherald.com. Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
"Cal Poly's rare corpse flower plant has bloomed. Does it really smell that bad?". The Tribune. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
Amorphophallus titanum, Conservatory of Flowers, August 28, 2020
Corpse flowers at U.S. Botanic Garden, USBG, August 28, 2020
"Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum)". The Huntington. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Retrieved August 27, 2020.

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[1] Turkewitz, Julie (2015-08-21). "Thousands Stop to Smell a Flower (and Hope Not to Gag)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-29.

[2] "Titan Arum | Chicago Botanic Garden". www.chicagobotanic.org. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

[3] "Titan Arum | Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens". http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/botanicgardens/Home. Retrieved 2015-12-28. External link in |website= (help)

[4] "Thousands queue for whiff of Adelaide 'corpse flower'". ABC News. February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-02.

[5] "Botanic Gardens SA on Twitter". Twitter. February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-02.

[6] Dorfman, Daniel I. (April 26, 2016). "Sprout the corpse flower finally blooms, starts stinking". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[7] "Rollins College corpse plant blooms overnight". 2016-05-06.

[8] "Corpse flower blooms at Edmonton's Muttart Conservatory". Edmonton Journal. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2018-05-23.

[9] "Titan VanCoug Live Bloom - About - WSU Vancouver". vancouver.wsu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-16.

[10] "Rare Corpse Flower Prepares to Bloom". The Huntington. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Retrieved July 24, 2019.

[11] Truong, Hanh. "Orange Coast College eagerly awaits the stench from a blooming corpse flower". ocregister.com. The Orange County Register. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[12] "Corpse flower blooms at central Minnesota college". grandforksherald.com. Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[13] "Cal Poly's rare corpse flower plant has bloomed. Does it really smell that bad?". The Tribune. Retrieved July 11, 2020.

[14] Amorphophallus titanum, Conservatory of Flowers, August 28, 2020

[15] Corpse flowers at U.S. Botanic Garden, USBG, August 28, 2020

[16] "Corpse Flower (Amorphophallus titanum)". The Huntington. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Retrieved August 27, 2020.