WSU Vancouver corpse flower to bloom again Free

By Griffin Reilly, Columbian staff writer Published: June 21, 2023, 6:00am

Washington State University Vancouver professors expect the famed corpse flower “Titan VanCoug” to bloom once again — either late this month or on July 1. Due to a watering error years ago, Titan VanCoug — an extremely rare, massive and foul-smelling flower from the island of Sumatra — cloned itself, leaving WSU Vancouver with four plants in one pot. It was just last year the plant most recently bloomed at a record height, drawing hundreds of onlookers to the campus over a few days. Information about the flower and a live webcam will be shared on the school’s website in the coming days at vancouver.wsu.edu. The plant, while enormous, has a blooming period of just 24-48 hours, so when it happens, it’ll happen fast. For more information, check out The Columbian’s coverage of last year’s bloom at https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/aug/17/wsu-vancouvers-corpse-flower-blooms-again-in-all-its-stinky-glory/.

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This article originated from The Columbian on 2023-06-21 13:06:02.
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