KINGSTON, R.I., June 8 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
KINGSTON, R.I. - June 8, 2026 - The University of Rhode Island botanical greenhouses are the site of scientific research and student-focused science, and also school-year foot traffic as students step into the Horridge Conservatory for a little green escape on busy school days.
The greenhouse is expected to see added traffic this summer, as one of its resident corpse flowers (Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum) has decided to bloom. (See livestream here.)
Benjamin Robbins, URI's greenhouse manager, has been waiting patiently to see when it will happen.
URI has three corpse flowers of different ages; these are in what's called the leaf form. (URI ...