AMES, Iowa (KCCI/AP) - Stink Floyd, the 12-year-old corpse flower at Reiman Gardens in Ames, has bloomed. And with that bloom comes the ... Some have compared the stench to dirty gym socks.

NEW YORK — A rare corpse flower has bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where people waited in line for ... It normally takes 7-10 years for the first bloom, which doesn't last long.

Looking to catch a whiff of the corpse flower? Act fast if you want to see it in person because the bloom only lasts about 24 to 36 hours on average.

The eager crowd compared ... making Friday’s bloom an extremely rare treat for New Yorkers. Even more rare than the plant itself is how infrequently it blooms. Corpse flowers can take anywhere ...

Jonathan Ritzman compared the ... the impending bloom. “I’ve only seen stories about the corpse flower on TV or online, so to be able to see and smell this in person is a tremendous and ...

SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in ... it takes so long [to bloom], and it smells so foul really attracts people to it,” Sydney Botanic Gardens chief ...

right before the flower was to bloom in Sydney. “In California, scene of the most recent corpse flower freak show, more than 70,000 people came through for a quick sniff.” The Botanic Gardens ...

People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff of the infamous corpse flower, as it bloomed ... views in the days approaching its bloom. When it finally opened on Thursday ...

The ultra-stinky Putricia the Corpse flower ... When the fated bloom happens, the flower produces an overtly strong and pungent scent – most commonly compared to rotting flesh, hot cat food ...

People are waiting three hours to see her bloom and get a whiff ... but that’s nothing compared to wild ones—they can reach 12 feet. The corpse flower’s most famous feature is its smell.