The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

H.F. Thut Greenhouses namesake

H.F. Thut Greenhouse’s namesake

Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter October 7, 2021

The H.F. Thut Greenhouse has acted as Eastern’s botanical conservatory since its completion in 1964. The glass-paned, brick and steel 3,400 square-foot building is tucked between the Life Sciences...

The Titan Arum, or the corpse flower, is close to blooming in the H.F. Thut Greenhouse. The plant is set to bloom in late June to early July and is expected to be as tall as eight feet.

Corpse flower approaching its one day bloom

Mary Ellen Greenburg, Staff Photographer June 14, 2018

The Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanum ("corpse flower" in layman's term) at the H. F. Thut Greenhouse, is approaching it’s bi-annual bloom. Known commonly as the corpse flower because of it’s...

Steven Malehorn, greenhouse manager, measures the height of the Titan Arum Thursday in Thut Greenhouse. This flower was 69.5 inches tall at the time, but Malehorn said he hopes it will beat the 76-inch record from the previous bloom in 2014.

Titan Arum: Eastern’s corpse flower to bloom (Updated)

Molly Dotson, Staff Reporter June 29, 2016

Update 12:20 p.m., June 29:  Greenhouse manager Steven Malehorn has issued his "first bloom alert," according to a press release. Malehorn expects the flower to bloom either today or Thursday....

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