Corpse flower heat map (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Corpse flower heat map

Caption

A heatmap of titus arum, or the corpse flower, shows that the plant's central towering spike known as the appendix heats up to about 20 degrees Fahrenheit over the ambient temperature when the flower blooms.

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Eric Schaller/Dartmouth

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