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.

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 ...

When the corpse flower last bloomed at Cal Poly in 2020, around 3,000 people came to see it. The university has had two other blooms since then, but they were not open for public viewing.

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 ...