Hundreds of people flocked to the U.S. Botanic Garden on Tuesday seeking out a rare, blooming flower. As evening light poured in through the glass-domed roof, they closed their eyes and inhaled deeply ...

Thousands of visitors are clamoring to catch a glimpse—or a nausea-inducing whiff—of a corpse flower at the US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC, during its rare and fleeting bloom on Tuesday and ...

These flowers can do the job If it’s an intoxicating perfume you’re after, there are still some flowers that will make your nose — and your heart — happy.

“Visitors have been reporting scents like wet socks and dead possums,” ANBG posted on social media. The foul-smelling flower stands 4’4,” with a width of 3′.

Like its better-known “corpse flower” cousin, which gives off a similarly putrid smell, the Amorphophallus gigas is also notable for its central spike, which can grow up to 12 feet tall.

One of the Huntington ’s rare and endangered corpse flowers is expected to bloom any day now, drawing hundreds of visitors to see — and smell — the plant in San Marino. This year’s bloom ...