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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Rare ‘Corpse Flower’ blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, draws brave visitors to smell Its stench
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare Amorphophallus gigas, native to Sumatra, bloomed for the first time since 2018 on January 24, attracting visitors eager to experience its towering height and infamous carrion stench.
Corpse flower blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, draws crowd despite foul smell
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.
This Rare Plant Smells Horrible, but People Can’t Wait to Get a Whiff
At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike ...
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
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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 ...
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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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Thousands queue for hours to visit plant that stinks of death in Sydney
The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney yesterday. Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is ...