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.
‘Rotting' corpse flower in rare bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a limited time
Most of the time, people don’t make a pilgrimage to see (and smell) something that smells like rotting meat. But this case is different.
Thousands flock to see rare, smelly corpse flower bloom in Sydney
A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting thousands who queued for a whiff.
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.
'Hot garbage': Australians react to smell of 'corpse flower' in bloom
Dubbed Putricia, the titan arum plant emits a putrid smell likened to "something rotting" or "hot garbage" for 24 hours after blooming. The smell is the result of a chemical production that happens in the plant to attract pollinators.
After 7-year wait, corpse flower Putricia blooms in Sydney
The bloom has attracted up to 20,000 admirers who filed past, hoping to experience the smell for themselves, with some attendees describing it as "like death," "like poop," and "like sewage water."
Sydney's Stinky Corpse Flower Attracts Thousands Wanting A Whiff
An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a greenhouse in Sydney.
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.
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...
5 facts about corpse flowers that don’t stink
Across the globe in Australia, a Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower nicknamed Putricia has been blooming for the past week ...
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Corpse flower: Plant with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds for rare bloom in Sydney
The amorphophallus titanum is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower'
The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal ...
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A plant in the ‘corpse flower’ family is blooming in Brooklyn: What does it smell like?
Sprindis added that the flower, much like the “corpse flower” (aka Amorphophallus titanum), will also “smell like rotting flesh. People watch two blooming plants of the Amorphophallus ...