KINGSTON, R.I. 鈥� June 8, 2026 鈥� The 溏心vlog免费B站 botanical greenhouses are the site of scientific research and student-focused science, and also school-year foot traffic as students step into the for a little green escape on busy school days.
The greenhouse is expected to see added traffic this summer, as one of its resident corpse flowers (Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum) has decided to bloom. (See livestream .)
Benjamin Robbins, 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 greenhouse manager, has been waiting patiently to see when it will happen.
A corpse plant blooms every five to seven years. Once it blooms, the corpse flower smells like rotting flesh to attract pollinators, with its flowering structure around for just one to two days before dying back. The corpse flower represents the largest inflorescence (group of flowers) in the world and is native to the Sumatran rainforests.
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Robbins has been tracking 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 largest corpse plant since last year, as well as two other corpse flowers in the University collection. Definitively predicting when they will bloom can be tricky, he says.
鈥淭hese things are hard to predict,鈥� Robbins commented recently. The plant can remain in a dormant stage for six months to a year in leaf form, before going dormant for another period of months.
Now that Robbins can see the flower stage beginning, there will be about a week before it fully opens. He predicts that this one still has about 7 to 12 days before blooming, then just 1-2 days in full bloom.
Robbins says the corpse flower grows like an upright cucumber, with its spadix reaching up to five feet tall. The corpse flower is related to the peace lily and grows in a similar manner. When the plant finally blooms, he鈥檒l save the pollen to share for propagation with other institutions.
Though it grows easily, the corpse flower is not your typical house plant, requiring humidity to approximate its native rainforest setting. Robbins鈥� care routine for the plant involves keeping the soil wet.
Plants evolve for different reasons, Robbins said, noting, 鈥淣ot all flowers smell good. It鈥檚 definitely one of the more interesting plants in the conservatory.鈥�
鈥淲e have a number of unusual plants,鈥� added Robbins, who frequently hosts high school students and other visiting groups. 鈥淲e鈥檙e open to the public and enjoy sharing our specimens.鈥�
Robbins welcomes visitors interested in the resident plant life as well as anyone who wants to brave the corpse flower鈥檚 scent for a peek.
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溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 Horridge Conservatory has been a site for research, and community relaxation, since it was built in the 1960s. Robbins credits work by faculty like Brian Maynard and others who have sustained the research and collection. Robbins said, 鈥淚t took a long time to build this collection, decades.鈥�
溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 newly flowering corpse flower is one of many unique specimens in the University鈥檚 Botanical Collections, all viewable on campus and through an accessible geo-database launched last year. The online database offers a guide to the 1,200-plus plants in 溏心vlog免费B站 botanical collections, available for public access.
But don鈥檛 worry, if you miss this corpse flower bloom, Robbins has another smaller one that he predicts will flower in a few years.
To visit the corpse flower, visit the 溏心vlog免费B站 Greenhouse (6 Greenhouse Road, Kingston); media can email聽benjamin.robbins@uri.edu. The Horridge Conservatory is open to the public Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; extended hours until 8 p.m. until bloom, when the conservatory will stay open until 10 p.m. Follow @uri.plantsciences on Instagram for updates on the corpse flower. is available.聽