Rare Corpse Flower's bloom brings thousands to Adelaide Botanic Garden
13 January 2023
The eyes of the world were on the Adelaide Botanic Garden after a rare and endangered Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum, flowered for the first time in a decade.
Dates: Tuesday 14 February and Thursday 16 February 2023
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm (Tuesday session) and 10:00am - 11:00am (Thursday session)
Duration: 60 minutes
Location: Meet outside the Visitor Information Centre, Schomburgk Pavilion, Adelaide Botanic Garden (D8 on the map)
Tickets: $5 per person - All income generated from ticket sales goes directly to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation Annual Appeal.
Explore the love (and sex) lives of plants. Investigate stamens, pistols and pollen and find out how plants communicate with colour, form and scent on form fruit to entice symbiotic relationships with other plants or animals.
Discover how plants are used as aphrodisiacs and for fertility rites, hear how writers, poets and artists have celebrated their love of the botanical throughout time, and learn about how certain flowers can symbolise certain things in a posey given to a loved one!
Please note
This tour is PG-rated and does include some slightly risqué content.
These tours are presented with thanks to the volunteer Garden Guides from the Friends of the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide.
All income generated from ticket sales goes directly to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Foundation Annual Appeal.
We thank the Garden Guides for their contribution.
Note - Guided walks will be cancelled on days where the weather forecast is 36 degree or more.
13 January 2023
The eyes of the world were on the Adelaide Botanic Garden after a rare and endangered Corpse Flower, aka Titan Arum, flowered for the first time in a decade.
06 January 2023
The Titan Arum, or Corpse Flower, is known for its notorious smell - but did you know these plants have a fascinating life up to 10 years prior to the stinky inflorescent bloom?