The "Get Out" event of the week is normally on Thursday, but this special event happens only once
every 2-3-years....and it's short-lived. It will probably be over soon.
every 2-3-years....and it's short-lived. It will probably be over soon.
Brave the lines to see it now....or wait another 2027 or 2028!
Here's what you need to know about today's bloom (updated this morning, at 09:38 AM EDT Aug 6, 2025 / DC News Now)
Stinky Corpse Flower blooms at US Botanic Garden
by: Max Marcilla
Posted: Aug 5, 2025 / 10:56 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 6, 2025 / 09:38 AM EDT
(DC News Now) — A stench is spreading in the District.
The Corpse Flower is blooming at the U.S. Botanic Garden.
The bloom began earlier Tuesday, and the strongest scents from the flower will last for 12-24 hours.
The flower, native to Indonesia, is not new to the U.S. Botanic Garden. It’s often shown off for its beauty and pungent smell (it’s named ‘Corpse’ because some have described that as the smell it emanates.
What is new is that the current flower on display is the first not to be grown in a pot in a greenhouse — it was grown in the ‘tropics’ room, utilizing its warm and humid climate.
On Tuesday, the Garden stayed open three hours longer to allow visitors to see and smell the flower.
Visitors described the scent with DC News Now in several ways: “Whiffs of trash,” “hot trash… kind of like stale Doritos,” “a dead rat in Dupont Circle,” “some sort of cabbagey, rotting garlicy smell.”
Devin Dotson, Senior Communications Specialist with the U.S. Botanic Garden, said the plant’s smell is intentional.
“It stinks because it’s trying to attract pollinators,” he said. “Specifically, it wants things like flies and carrion beetles. Things that like stinky, rotting meat.”
The U.S. Botanic Garden will be open on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. That will be potentially the last chance to smell the fragrance before the short two- or three-day-long bloom is over.
You can also follow the corpse flower bloom on the US Botanic Garden's Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/usbotanicgarden/ and on its Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/usbotanicgarden/
For information about visiting today, go to:
100 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 225-8333
(202) 225-8333
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The "Get Out" event of the week is posted on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Thursday -- but this is a special Wednesday edition while the corpse flower is in bloom!
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