The giant smelly flower at Brooklyn Botanic Garden is about to bloom

According to a post on its Instagram, the Botanic Garden is expecting for the bloom to happen at any point in the coming days, so be prepared. The last time New Yorkers got the chance to experience a similar phenomenon was in 2023, when the New York Botanical Garden's Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the 'corpse flower,' bloomed. Note that the Amorphophallus titanum is similar to the Amorphophallus gigas, but they're not the same plant.

'Amorphophallus gigas is a close relative of the more common in cultivation Amorphophallus titanum, the corpse flower that often makes the news,' says BBG gardener Chris Sprindis. 'I think this is an equally impressive species, though less known in cultivation. Like the titanum, it will smell like rotting flesh.'

Read at Time Out New York