It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are ...

Each waxy "flower" is actually made up of a modified leaf called a spathe and a yellow or red spike called a spadix. The ...

Each inflorescence (group of flowers) has a spathe (the "pulpit") and a flower-studded spadix (the "Jack"). The plant continues on like this, its reproductive capabilities uniquely waxing and waning ...

Its palm-like leaves are used to make Panama hats. The stamens crumble overnight, revealing a bar-shaped cluster of flowers called spadix. When the somen look-alike plant garnered attention on ...