Visitors take photos of the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's rare Amorphophallus gigas, a relative of the "corpse flower," that has bloomed for the first time since arriving in 2018, Friday, Jan. 24 ...

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 monumental blooming marks the first time an Amorphophallus gigas — a plant native to Sumatra and lovingly nicknamed the corpse flower — has opened its petals at the Crown Heights garden.

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

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 Brooklyn in 2018.

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 the infamous “corpse flower,” is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.