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.
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.
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.
‘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.
‘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.
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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A stinky new 'rotting flesh' plant is in bloom at Indiana University's greenhouse
The smaller cousin of the infamous "Wally" corpse flower, the devil's tongue also emits a rotten odor. But unlike Wally, this ...
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Devil's Tongue stinking up the biology department greenhouse
The Amorphophallus konjac — better known as the Devil’s Tongue — is currently blooming. And smelling up the area around it.
Blooming plant that reeks of rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia ...