Kansas State halts display of ‘corpse flower’ after bloom

Kansas State University has closed its display of a rare stench-emitting “corpse flower” now that the plant has closed out its first-ever bloom.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that an estimated 1,000 people turned out to see the Titan Arum from the time it began blooming Tuesday afternoon until it began withering Wednesday, when the display was halted.

The bloom at its peak, according to a news release from K-State, was about 51 inches high. It was cultivated in 2001.

For anyone who missed the 2017 corpse flower bloom, Chad Miller, an assistant professor of landscape horticulture at K-State, is hopeful that another bloom may happen as early as next year.

Former Kansas State faculty members Ken and Janet Schroeder started the plant about 15 years ago.

This story was originally published June 29, 2017 at 9:21 AM with the headline "Kansas State halts display of ‘corpse flower’ after bloom."