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How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

By Delphine Farmer, Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Mj Riches, Postdoctoral Researcher studying Plant-Atmosphere Interactions, Colorado State University
Rose Rossell, Ph.D. Student in Plant and Atmospheric Chemistry, Colorado State University

When a corpse flower bloomed on campus, atmospheric scientists got to work. What they discovered provides new evidence about the unique pollination strategies of a very unusual flower.

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