Brooklyn Botanic Garden, corpse flower
Time Out · 9d
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,
Gothamist · 4d
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.
KSL · 19h
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.
CNN · 1d
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.
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