UPI24d
Rare corpse flower greets the public with putrid bloom in New York
Jan. 27 (UPI) --New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's rare blooming corpse flower. The Amorphophallus gigas ...
Smithsonian Magazine24d
Rare and Stinky ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney
The Amorphophallus gigas—a cousin to Amorphophallus titanum, commonly known as a corpse flower—is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The specimen in Brooklyn, nicknamed “Smelliot ...
CNN25d
Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
“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 ...
Daily Mail25d
The man who let a cannibal cut off his penis so they could eat it together… then allowed his murderer to kill him and cut him into pieces to consume at his leisure
In the quaint German town of Rotenburg, Armin Meiwes, now infamous as 'The Cannibal of Rotenburg,' carried out a series of horrifying acts that defied comprehension. His victim? Brandes ...
NBC New York26d
‘Rotting' corpse flower in rare bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a limited time
The infamous flower known for its rotting, putrid smell started blooming on Friday. It's called the "corpse flower" — otherwise known as titus-arum or amorphophallus titanum — and the Brooklyn ...
Associated Press26d
Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
(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 ...
News 12 Networks27d
Victim's family says Bridgeport 'cannibal killer' should return to state psychiatric hospital
Tyree Lincoln Smith killed 35-year-old Angel Gonzalez on Brooks Street on the East Side of Bridgeport. He was found "not guilty by reason of insanity" in 2013.
New York Post27d
Blooming corpse flower unleashes foul ‘rotten flesh’ stench at Brooklyn Botanical Garden in historical first
Would a plant by any other name stink so bad? An extremely rare corpse flower dramatically bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Friday for the first time in Big Apple history — unleashing a ...
The New York Times27d
This Rare Plant Smells Horrible, but People Can’t Wait to Get a Whiff
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 ...
The Australian Financial Review27d
Corpse flower ‘Putricia’ begins long-awaited stinky bloom
The corpse flower - nicknamed “Putricia” - began unfurling at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden for the first time in 15 years on Thursday afternoon. The rare titan arum, a type of carrion ...
Daily Mail28d
Gory moment man pushes his 100-year-old mother's corpse in wheelchair down the street
He hoisted his mother's dead body into a wheelchair, covering the majority of her corpse with a black blanket, before starting the somber journey. As he was pushing the wheelchair down the ...
Sky28d
Corpse flower: Plant with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds for rare bloom in Sydney
People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff of the infamous corpse flower, as it bloomed for the first time in years. The sizeable flower, officially called the ...