NEW YORK — A foul-smelling corpse flower is expected to bloom this week at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The BBG posted on its Instagram Thursday, saying the plant is starting to faintly smell. They ...
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.
The enormous plant, officially known as Amorphophallus gigas, is notorious for the pungent odor it emits upon blooming - a smell often likened to rotting flesh.