Corpse flowers are native to Sumatra in Indonesia. The female part is at the top, the male below.

The Botanic Garden said the “corpse flower” plant named Spike wouldn’t be blooming Tuesday. He said the Titan Arum at the Chicago Botanic Garden is 12 years old and has never bloomed before. Once it blooms, the garden will stay open until 2 a.m. on bloom day only. It has started to attract more flies and its temperature was several degrees higher in the late afternoon of August 25. Spike, as the rainforest flower is called, is drawing in crowds since it was moved to a semitropical greenhouse for display. For now, the flower has not done two general things expected from it before blooming and that are oozing secretions from the leaves that surround the flower. “Spike” is located in the garden’s semi-tropical greenhouse at the Regenstein Center.

The plant blooms in the middle of the night, and the bloom typically last around 48 hours, he said. When it does eventually bloom, the flower will emit a stench that’s described as a combination of “limburger cheese, garlic, rotting fish, and smelly feet”. Parking will be free after 9:00 p.m. However, it is rare to see the titan arum bloom. However, it is rare to see the titan arum bloom. Some members of the plant species only bloom once every five to 30 years.