Nature’s Rare Timers: Flowers That Bloom Once in a Decade

This massive flower is known for its intense smell of rotting flesh and blooms only once every 7-10 years. Its bloom lasts for just 24 to 48 hours.

Found in the high Andes, this giant plant can take up to 80-100 years to bloom. Once it flowers, it produces over 30,000 white blooms and then dies.

Native to India and Sri Lanka, the Talipot Palm flowers once in its lifetime, after 30-80 years. It produces the largest cluster of flowers among plants.

Though its name suggests it blooms once a century, this agave typically blooms once every 10-30 years. After flowering, the plant usually dies.