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DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST: Behold, the corpse flower - smells like its name, looks a little creepy, and this week, two rare specimens are in bloom. One is at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers.

It's sweaty, stinky time again at the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanic Gardens, where the season's first rare corpse flower bloom is expected by July 23.

The small, rosy-purple flowers produced in February and March are so fragrant, it's been scientifically proven that no one can smell one of its flowers without your socks rolling up and down.

With the flower now past its prime, the smell has mostly gone away. However, students and staff told NBC10 it was very pungent over the weekend.

Insects often rely on smell to get around. As they buzz about in their neighborhoods, they learn to associate the flowers that are good sources of nectar and pollen with their scent.