It's full name is Amorphophallus Titanum but most people know it as a Corpse Flower because of it's awful smell. It's one of the largest flowering plants in the world and we now have one in Reno too. 

 

"It smells like rotting flesh and it does that purposefully to attract flies so it can pollinate the flower itself," said Bill Carlos of the Wilbur D. May Arboretum. 

Carlos says he was shocked to get one, and is thankful a friend of a society member was able to donate it to the arboretum. 

For now it's just a baby plant hanging out in a greenhouse, but the arboretum is hoping eventually she'll be in full bloom and smell for the public to witness first hand. The greenhouse allows the plant to grow about three times as fast as it normally would. In the wild it would take 15 years for the plant to blossom, but here it can happen in a few years. Apparently the plants are pretty easy to take care of. They just require some water and warm temperatures to thrive. Carlos plans on keeping it in a regular planting pot for a while but not in the greenhouse forever.  Eventually this little plant will be about three to four feet in size. 

"If it blooms I'll be surprised but it's looking like it might," said Carlos. 

If it does, Carlos hopes to get the word out quick because the smell will only last for about a day or two. Most corpse flowers blossom in Halloween so plan accordingly, that is if you can handle the smell.