The corpse flower is infamous for its pungent smell, which draws attention in ways few other flowers can. It only blooms once every 7-10 years, and when it does, the stench is overpowering.

A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent. (WCBS via CNN Newsource) Save Story Estimated read time ...

Phil’s counterpart, Laura – named after former Dean Laura Kingsford – bloomed in 2015. Corpse flowers tend to draw thousands of visitors when they bloom, Thorson said.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – It’s called the corpse flower, and it’s drawing in some attention at a local botanic garden. The foul-smelling flower on the campus of Smith College in ...