A stinky-smelling flower is expected to bloom at The Botanic Garden of Smith College in Massachusetts early next week.

NORTHAMPTON — The Smith College Botanic Garden is celebrating a rare and short-lived event: its corpse flower is blooming — but only for the weekend, most likely.

Putricia, the smelliest flower in the world, displayed a rare bloom in the glasshouse of the Australian Botanic Garden.

Frederick, the “sibling” of last year’s corpse flower sensation at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park in St. Paul, is expected to bloom imminently (perhaps this weekend).

It's called the corpse flower, and it's drawing in some attention at a local botanic garden.

Tulsa Botanic Garden invites the community to join its FLORIGAMI Summer Nights event on Thursday, Flower Power Night.

The corpse flower at Smith College's botanical garden is set to bloom, attracting visitors and pollinators alike.

The corpse flower at Smith College's botanical garden in Northampton is set to bloom.

When the corpse flower last bloomed at Cal Poly in 2020, around 3,000 people came to see it. The university has had two other blooms since then, but they were not open for public viewing.