A corpse flower at the U.S. Botanic Garden will bloom for the first time ever . Once the garden confirmed on Monday , July 8 , that the plant was going to bloom , staffers moved quickly to display it publicly on July 11 . Native to the rainforests of Indonesia , Sumatra , they take this week to bloom . When they start blooming , they get very hot and stinky .
A corpse flower at the U.S. Botanic Garden will bloom for the first time ever . Native to the rainforests of Indonesia , Sumatra , they take this week to bloom . When they start blooming , they get very hot and stinky .