The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

The Amorphophallus gigas—a cousin to Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as a corpse flower—is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The specimen in Brooklyn, nicknamed “Smelliot ...

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare Amorphophallus gigas, a relative of the “corpse flower,” has bloomed for the first time since arriving in 2018, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, in New York.

The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

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