Corpse Flower Detective Work: Determining a Bloom Versus a Leaf

Corpse flower plants (Amorphophallus titanum) are notoriously difficult to predict when they will bloom. Each year, the underground corm puts up a bud, and gardeners watch to see if it will be a bloom or a leaf. Gardener Stephen recorded this video a few days ago, showing what clues he was able to use to determine one of our corpse flower plants was creating a bloom.