A flower in New Hampshire is about to bloom for the first time in years, spreading the smell of death and decay just in time for Halloween.

It’s officially called titan arum, but most people know it by its more common name: corpse flower. It’s a flower that only blooms every couple of years (although some don’t bloom for a whole decade) and when it does, it emits a putrid stench that can be smelled from miles away.

The smell that gives the corpse flower its name has been described by many to smell like rotting cheese, month-old sweaty gym socks, or a decaying corpse. This putrid stench is meant to attract pollinators--in this case, flies and other insects that are attracted by the smell of dead animal for either feeding or to lay their eggs inside.

Those insects are likely disappointed when all they find is a stinky flower, but that’s not the corpse flower’s problem.

Because they only bloom for a few days every few years, corpse flowers are extremely rare and can most often be found in academic greenhouses. That’s where we find Morphy, who is due to bloom any day now at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

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Students have gotten Morphy ready for Halloween by decorating their pot with spiders, bats, webbing, a skeletal hand coming out from the dirt, and a little sign that reads: “Help me!” It’s been growing at a rate of several inches per day and was measured at 71.5 inches last Friday.

Morphy is about 15 years old, has a long, pointy stalk in the middle with frilled leaves covering it. Once in bloom, the frill will open up and expose tiny yellow flowers at the base of the stock. From those flowers will come the horrific stench that will completely overtake the greenhouse. Blooming lasts just a few days before the frilled leaves and flowers all die off, not to bloom again for another few years.

The last time Morphy bloomed was in 2016, reaching a height of 7 feet, 6 inches tall. There’s no telling how high Morphy will get this time, but curious botanists can watch it grow live via streaming webcam.

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