Corpse flower to bloom at the San Diego Botanic Garden

Plug your noses, grab your cameras, and make your way to the San Diego Botanic Garden —a decade-old corpse flower is ready to make its first-ever bloom.

The Amorphophallus titanum is a rare plant that blooms for about 48 hours only once every four to five years, so the rare moment is known to attract phytophiles far and wide. Adding to the draw? This endangered plant's bloom emits a pungent odor, one of a rotting corpse, that has to be smelled to be believed.

This particular corpse flower, which is currently on display in the Dickinson Family Education Conservatory, was donated in 2016 and has yet to experience any bloom; the first typically does not happen until the plant is about 7 to 10 years old.

The experts at the Botanic Garden in Encinitas say the bud will begin to bloom over t