Visitors flood into the New York Botanical Garden to see a blooming “corpse flower,” a rare, gigantic plant famous for its terrible stench. The last bloom occurred in the city in 1939, the phenomenon being so rare that witnessing it is “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” according to the garden’s botanist. The Corpse Flower can be viewed […]The post Corpse Flower Blooms After 80 Years At The New York Botanical Garden appeared first on Pursuitist.

Visitors flood into the New York Botanical Garden to see a blooming “corpse flower,” a rare, gigantic plant famous for its terrible stench. The last bloom occurred in the city in 1939, the phenomenon being so rare that witnessing it is “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” according to the garden’s botanist.The Corpse Flower can be viewed in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory’s Palms of the World Gallery.The post Corpse Flower Blooms After 80 Years At The New York Botanical Garden appeared first on Pursuitist.
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