BROOKLYN, N.Y. (WPIX) – If you’ve ever wondered what rotting flesh smells like, you can take a trip to Brooklyn, New York, to find out. The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous "corpse flower," is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Rolls-Royce Phantom’s luxury features and bespoke scent “I think this is an equally impressive species, though less known in cultivation," says BBG gardener Chris Sprindis. Sprindis added that the flower, much like the "corpse flower" (aka Amorphophallus titanum), will also "smell like rotting flesh. People watch two blooming plants of the Amorphophallus gigasin the Leiden Botanical Garden in Leiden, the Netherlands, on March 4, 2023. (Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua via Getty Images) The flower is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and is an “infrequent bloomer,” according to the garden’s botanists. Because of this, the plants in the Amorphophallus species give off a very strong scent to try to attract pollinating insects. In addition to rotting flesh, the Amorphophallus may give off the odor of "spoiled meat" or that of something "rotten, fishy and sour," according to accounts described in a 2021 review article for the journal Plant Signaling and Behavior. Like its better-known "corpse flower" cousin, which gives off a similarly putrid smell, the Amorphophallus gigas is also notable for its central spike, which can grow up to 12 feet tall. The flowers themselves can take seven years or more to bloom, and can wither just a day after opening. Perhaps surprisingly, the Amorphophallus gigas is also related to the more popular and better-smelling flowers calla lilies, laceleaf and jack-in-the-pulpit. In Los Angeles, people snap up air filters and wear masks against smoke pollution The specimen at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has not yet fully bloomed, though the facility said Thursday on Instagram that the plant is "starting to faintly smell." An actual corpse flower specimen, meanwhile, bloomed on Thursday at the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden in Australia, where it drew hundreds of devoted fans looking to take a sniff. The Associated Press likened its odor to "gym socks and rotting garbage." Another Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower lives at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, though it last bloomed in 2023.