Prospect Heights

Pungent flower blooms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

January 24, 2025 Brooklyn Eagle Staff
The corpse flower blooms in BBG. Photo by Joanna Insco
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A RARE ODIOUS PLANT is blooming in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) for once in its 10 to 20 year flowering season. The Amorphophallus Gigas, a relative of the infamous Amorphophallus Titanum, is more commonly known as the corpse flower. Just like its smelly relative, the Gigas releases a strong foul odor during its bloom, which lasts only a few days. 

Visitors wait in line to sniff the smelly plant. Photo by Joanna Insco
Visitors wait in line to sniff the smelly plant. Photo by Joanna Insco

The BBG announced the plant’s opening on Friday, Jan. 24, after a week of keeping tabs on the Gigas’ slowly unfurling leaves. Tons of visitors waited for their turn to take a whiff. 

Kenny Dere, a visitor of the garden, shared that the stench reminded him of stinky cheese. Other visitors lingered in BBG’s Aquatic House where the Gigas is located, some even coming back for a second sniff. Maybe the odor just isn’t that impressive for New Yorkers and their already bombarded senses.

Visitors wait in line to sniff the smelly plant. Photo by Joanna Insco
Visitors wait in line to sniff the smelly plant. Photo by Joanna Insco

To stay up to date on the bloom, visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Instagram page.

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