A rare corpse flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this weekend, and people waited in line for hours to get a whiff ...

Hundreds of orchids are on also sale for those interested in taking some home, however. Keep scrolling to see some of the beautiful flowers and eager crowds that gathered during Saturday’s showing.

VU Sabu saw his first wild orchid 10 years ago ... stemmed monosymmetrical blooms (the two halves of these flowers are mirror images, giving them their prized symmetrical beauty).