Brooklyn Botanic Garden The air was thick with both anticipation and a pungent smell as visitors flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden last weekend for a chance to see a rare flower bloom.

“That was disgusting.” The rare Amorphophallus gigas – a relative of the Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as the corpse flower – has bloomed for the first time since arriving in ...

(AP Video: John Minchillo) Visitors take photos of the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare Amorphophallus gigas, a relative of the “corpse flower,” that has bloomed for the first time since arriving in ...