June 21, 2018

A New Corpse Flower Will Soon Bloom and Release Its Infamous Stench at NYBG

  Anyone who missed the last time an Amorphophallus titanum bloomed at The New York Botanical Garden will now have an opportunity to witness this rare spectacle.  A new specimen of the horticultural marvel—one of the largest flowers in the world—is on display in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and about to bloom. Known as the corpse flower, it releases an infamous odor, which some have described as similar to the smell of  rotting