A giant, rare and notoriously stinky flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden over the weekend, drawing hundreds to smell something “putrid.” The Amorphophallus gigas, known as the “corpse flower ...

The striking and stinky plant — which members have dubbed “Smelliot” — burst open around 11:30 a.m. before an excited crowd of gawkers, many of whom promptly plugged their noses.