Watch rare corpse flower bloom at New York Botanic Gardens – NBC New York

Usually, people try to avoid anything considered “rotting.”

But a rare corpse flower is expected to bloom in the Bronx just in time for Halloween.

The infamous flower known for its rotting, putrid smell is literally called the “corpse flower” — otherwise known as titus-arum or amorphophallus titanum.

The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) says this one should bloom in about two weeks. The bloom doesn’t last long, though, and neither, mercifully, does the smell.

NYBG says the corpse flower only blooms every three to five years after its first bloom, which can take nearly a decade, and lasts just for two to three days, heightening anticipation for the attraction.

The flower, which is “the largest unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom,” according to the federal government, can grow up to 9 feet tall.

Good news: You can watch a livestream of this one as we wait, courtesy of NYBG, in the YouTube player above.