Home2014 BloomWee Stinky is flowering! Hours extended until 10 p.m.

Wee Stinky is flowering! Hours extended until 10 p.m.

Watch on the webcam or stop by Kenneth Post Labs.

Come early while the lines are short.

First night photo gallery

Plant Biology PhD candidates Kyle Martin and Gwynne Lim watch Wee Stinky's spathe begin to unfurl.
Plant Biology PhD candidates Kyle Martin and Gwynne Lim watch Wee Stinky’s spathe begin to unfurl.
Robert Raguso, professor and chair in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, gets his first look at Wee Stinky starting to flower.
Robert Raguso, professor and chair in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, gets his first look at Wee Stinky starting to flower.
Collecting samples as the spathe begins to pull away from the spadix are Katalin Boroczky, Post-doctoral associate in the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior and Kyle Martin, PhD Candidate, Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science.
Collecting samples as the spathe begins to pull away from the spadix are Katalin Boroczky, Post-doctoral associate in the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior and Kyle Martin, PhD Candidate, Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science.
Neurobiology and Behavior major Brian Worthington ’15 takes carbon dioxide sample from deep within the spathe.
Neurobiology and Behavior major Brian Worthington ’15 takes carbon dioxide sample from deep within the spathe.
Robert Raguso, professor and chair in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, breathes in the stink.

Robert Raguso, professor and chair in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, breathes in the stink.
Sensors collect volatiles deep inside the spathe.
Sensors collect volatiles deep inside the spathe.
Raguso looks inside the spathe while Karen Chang '15 collects temperature data.
Raguso looks inside the spathe while Karen Chang ’15 collects temperature data.
Plant Biology PhD candidate Kyle Martin adjusts sensors.

Plant Biology PhD candidate Kyle Martin adjusts sensors.
Greenhouse manager Andy Leed uses a thermal imaging camera to take Wee Stinky's temperature.

Greenhouse manager Andy Leed uses a thermal imaging camera to take Wee Stinky’s temperature.

Stop back later for more updates. Meantime, enjoy the webcam and explore our Titan Arum YouTube playlist to find out more about this fascinating plant and the research we’re conducting.

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