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.

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically ... During the day, her flower spike slowly opened like a pleated skirt around a majestic central tuber, the yellow-green outer ...

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike rotting flesh. Jonathan Ritzman compared the scent of the corpse flower to ...

A flower at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden that emits a noxious smell when it blooms every two to 10 years is expected to pop this week, according to the garden’s staff. The corpse flower ...