NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – A stinky surprise awaits this “spooky season” at the New York Botanical Garden.

The corpse flower is back on display at expected to bloom sometime in the next few weeks, according to a spokesperson for the New York Botanical Garden.

The flower, known formally as amorphophallus titanum, blooms randomly and only very briefly, exuding a “powerful stench similar to that of rotting meat,” according to NYBG.

It’ll be on display in the garden’s Enid A Haupt Conservatory until it blooms. The flower will only bloom for about 24-36 hours.

“Titan-arum blooms are rare and unpredictable. Each plant takes seven years or more to store enough energy to bloom for the first time,” representatives of the garden said.

The garden last had a corpse flower bloom in January. The botan

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