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.
Rare and pungent ‘corpse flower’ blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Visitors crowded the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Friday, January 24, to catch a glimpse of the blooming Amorphophallus gigas, also known as a “corpse flower,” due to its unique stench. The rare flower is native to Sumatra,
‘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.
It’s big, it’s rare and it’s dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the ‘corpse flower’ in bloom
Visitors gathered in Sydney to witness the blooming of a rare flower known as the "corpse flower," which opens for just 24 hours, once every few years.
'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.
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...