Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh.
See it: Stinky, rare 'corpse flower' blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
This is the first time the corpse flower has bloomed at Brooklyn Botanic Garden since its arrival from Malaysia in 2018.
Rare corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn garden; crowds drawn to its 'stinky cheese, foot smell'
NEW YORK — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. The bloom, named "Smelliott," emits a scent to attract pollinating insects.
Blooming corpse flower unleashes foul ‘rotten flesh’ stench at Brooklyn Botanical Garden in historical first
The monumental blooming marks the first time an Amorphophallus gigas — a plant native to Sumatra and lovingly nicknamed the corpse flower — has opened its petals at the Crown Heights garden. It is the very first of its kind to ever bloom in all of New York City, the garden proudly confirmed.
A flower blooms in Brooklyn, and it reeks of rotting flesh
The corpse flower, which is native to Indonesia and known scientifically as Amorphophallus gigas, grabs headlines at gardens across the world whenever it blooms. As it readies to unfurl its petals, the flower releases a natural odor meant to attract scavenging beetles that eat dead animals.
The giant smelly flower at Brooklyn Botanic Garden is about to bloom
The world's stinkiest flower, which smells like deceased, rotting flesh, is about to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Even though this might sound like the stuff of nightmares, it's actually great news: The Amorphophallus gigas,
A corpse flower is about to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
"Amorphophallus gigas," nicknamed the "corpse flower" for the rotting flesh odor it emits, is expected to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this week.
Corpse Flower Blooms
Visitors take photos of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's rare Amorphophallus gigas, a relative of the "corpse flower," that has bloomed for the first time since arriving in 2018, Friday, Jan.
‘Stinky cheese, some poop smells’: See why New Yorkers are flocking to this rare ‘corpse flower’
It’s not a flower you’d likely buy on Valentine’s Day but the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare amorphophallus gigas plant is in bloom and visitors want a whiff – even if it does smell “like a rotting corpse.
‘Rotting' corpse flower in rare bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a limited time
Usually, people try to avoid anything considered “rotting.” But a rare flower on display in Brooklyn is expected to attract large crowds this weekend. The infamous flower known for its rotting, putrid smell started blooming on Friday.
What's rare, reeks like dirty feet and rotting garbage − and New Yorkers want a whiff?
A 'perfectly putrid' corpse flower is drawing crowds at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as it blooms for the first time since its ...
This rare plant smells horrible, but people can’t wait to get a whiff
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike rotting flesh.
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