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Once again, we're here to chronicle the blooming schedule of the notorious amorphophallus gigas—the rare corpse flower that regularly graces the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) with its presence. This year, the infamously stinky plant is expected to bloom right around Halloween.
Remember, this spectacle happens only once every three to five years and lasts just about three days, so as soon as you hear word of its bloom, head straight to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory (you can sign up for alerts right here). There’s nothing quite like that foul fall fragrance to remind you it’s autumn in New York.
Fun fact: according to the NYBG itself, the putrid smell, which reminds of rotting meat, is meant to attract pollinators that eat dead animals.
Back in January, New Yorkers witnessed the blooming of the smelly flower at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, but there is something slightly more special about catching the show at the Bronx destination, the first place where such a flower ever bloomed in the Western hemisphere back in 1937.
Since then, the flower bloomed at the NYBG a handful of more times only: in 1939 and then again in 2016, when 25,000 folks visited in person and nearly two million caught the event on a live feed online. Following blooms happened in 2018 and 2023.
If you can't make it out to the garden in person, worry not! There's a live stream of the blooming constantly playing on YouTube already. Check it out right here:
