A 'perfectly putrid' corpse flower is drawing crowds at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as it blooms for the first time since its ...
"Amorphophallus gigas," nicknamed the "corpse flower" for the rotting flesh odor it emits, is expected to bloom at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this week.
A rare corpse flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours Saturday to get a whiff of ...
The rare Amorphophallus gigas – a relative of the Amorphophallus ... and by Thursday it was more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) ...
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.
Like its better-known “corpse flower” cousin, which gives off a similarly putrid smell, the Amorphophallus gigas is also notable for its central spike, which can grow up to 12 feet tall.