Visit the smelliest show in town or watch Live Cam of a rare Corpse Flower bloom.

[In_The_Wind]

DENIS SLATTERY

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Thursday, July 21, 2016, 7:38 AM

Don't worry, that smell in the Bronx is not what you think.

The putrid stench akin to rotting meat was decades in the making and is due to the rare blooming of an Amorphophallus titanum — better known as the corpse flower.

The stinky stalk, once the official flower of the borough, will be on display at the New York Botanical Garden this week and is expected to flower over the weekend.

Native to Sumatra in Indonesia, the noxious species “comprises a fleshy central spike called a spadix that holds two rings of male and female flowers, wrapped by the frilly spathe, a modified leaf that resembles a petal,” according to spokesman Nick Leshi.

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The unpredictable plant, which blooms only once every 30 years or so, is one of the largest flowering plants in the world and can grow up to 12 feet tall in nature.

For less than two days, the flower's unusual red interior and uncanny scent will be on full malodorous display.

The source of the awful aroma during the peak of the bloom is the female flower at the base of the plant's spadix. The flower is sending a nauseating signal to attract pollinators that eat dead animals. The plant also generates heat, giving it the approximate temperature of a human body.

It has been almost 80 years since a corpse flower first bloomed at the Botanical Garden. The fetid flower's sweaty sock and rotting flesh stench was first brought to the U.S. in 1937.

After that famous funk, the borough made the plant its official flower. But the symbol was skunked — it lost its lofty title to the more appealing day lily in 2000.

For those who don't want to smell the flower in person, a live stream of the blooming will be available on the Botanical Garden's website during the rare occasion.

WATCH LIVE CAM:

http://www.nybg.org/exhibitions/2016/corpse-flower.php

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/rare-corpse-flower-bloom-new-york-botanical-garden-article-1.2719869

[liberal N proud]

1. Gotta say, I thought you were talking about the RNC

It is a pretty smelly show.

[In_The_Wind]

2. This smelly show happens on Saturday & Sunday. Only once in 30 years not every 4 years.

[In_The_Wind]

3. It's interesting to watch the folks looking at the flower today ... before the stink.

[UTUSN]

4. No no, let's not. Can we find ourselves together on another topic, luvya!