Indiana University's beloved corpse flower, Wally, recently bloomed. When will the rare sight and horrible smell happen again?

When the corpse flower last bloomed at Cal Poly in 2020, around 3,000 people came to see it. The university has had two other blooms since then, but they were not open for public viewing.

With its stench of rotting flesh and giant size, Cal Poly’s corpse flower attracts visitors from across SLO County.

Under the correct conditions, Como claims a corpse flower – whose technical name Titan arum – can bloom every two to three years and live up to 50 years.