A 'perfectly putrid' corpse flower is drawing crowds at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as it blooms for the first time since its ...

When a line of people are waiting around in Brooklyn, most people would assume they’re waiting for a concert. Instead, crowds ...

New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's ...

The Voodoo Lily or Devil's Tongue is a cousin to the corpse flower and smells just as bad. However, the Voodoo Lily is used ...

“That was disgusting.” The rare Amorphophallus gigas – a relative of the Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower – has bloomed for the first time since arriving in ...

The rare blooming of the corpse flower, known for its intense odour, has captivated Australian audiences. This extraordinary event has seen three blooms in as many months across Canberra, Sydney, and ...

A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...

Visitors crowded the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Friday, January 24, to catch a glimpse of the blooming Amorphophallus gigas, ...

This week, yet another foul scent has entered the smellscape, but in this case, New Yorkers are flocking to experience it: the blooming of an Amorphophallus gigas, a.k.a. a corpse flower ...

Even though this might sound like the stuff of nightmares, it's actually great news: The Amorphophallus gigas, also known as the Giant Voodoo Lilly, is a pretty rare flower that can take between a ...

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest.

According to the BBG, the Amorphophallus gigas is "an infrequent bloomer and quite rare in cultivation." Corpse flowers are said to smell like rotting flesh, which is meant to attract pollinators. The ...