The corpse flower named “Phil” at Cal State Long Beach has bloomed. The university welcomed community members on Wednesday, June 18, for the special occasion.

The corpse flower named “Phil” at Cal State Long Beach has bloomed. The university welcomed community members on Wednesday, June 18, for the special occasion.

UPDATED: June 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM PDT Cal State Long Beach’s famous corpse flower, named “Phil,” was in full bloom on Wednesday, June 18. The College of Natural Science put the flowering plant on ...

CSULB botonist, Brian Thorson, explains how the corpse flower is a hermaphrodite but is unable to pollinate itself. Long Beach, June 18, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie E’amato, Contributing Photographer) ...

Move over, Horace: It’s Frederick’s turn to make a stink. Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul ...

Guests photograph "Horace," a Corpse Flower beginning to bloom at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park in St. Paul on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Derek Bourcy / Special to the Pioneer Press) ...

Meet Frederick the Corpse Flower. He is 8 years old and 68 inches tall, according to the Como Zoo website. Zoo staff are prepping for a massive stench once the flower starts to open.

A second stinky spectacle is ready to make its debut in St. Paul. A corpse flower dubbed "Frederick" could bloom as soon as this week and unleash its famed foul stench at the Como Park Zoo and ...

Phil — one of Cal State Long Beach’s rare corpse flowers — is getting ready to bloom. As of Friday, June 13, the flowering plant could bloom as early as Saturday, said the university’s ...

The corpse flower that is getting ready to bloom is named “Phil,” in memory of the late Philip Baker, professor emeritus of plant systematics in the college’s botany program.