A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting thousands who queued for a whiff ...

Visitors gathered in Sydney to witness the blooming of a rare flower known as the "corpse flower," which opens for just 24 hours, once every few years.

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal ...

People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff of the infamous corpse flower, as it bloomed for the first ...

Plant enthusiasts across the country have gathered to watch the exciting event which is the opening of Putricia, Sydney’s corpse flower. Although I am obsessed with the phenomenon that is the ...

The flowering of the amorphophallus titanum, nicknamed "Putricia", attracted more than 13,000 visitors to the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden. View on euronews ...

Sydney's corpse flower Putricia is on display at the Royal Botanic Garden. It will only bloom for about 24 hours before dying. Thousands of people are watching Putricia's live stream on YouTube.

And the best part is yet to come. The corpse flower, notorious for its stench of rotting flesh, is expected to bloom imminently at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years.

The rare and endangered Corpse Flower is called Amorphophallus titanum and it is a parasitic plant which attaches to the wild grapes of the vine genus Tetrastigma, providing everything necessary ...

The Amorphophallus titanium plant, or Bunga Bangkai – which in Indonesian translates to “corpse flower” – only unfurls its petals every few years and then for around a mere 24 hours.

Read on for more info. It’s not every day that a Corpse Flower (also known as ‘Amorphophallus titanum’, or ‘Bunga Bangkai’ in Indonesian) blooms. In fact, this momentous natural ...

Botanic Gardens of Sydney chief scientist Brett Summerell with the rare corpse flower set to bloom next week.Credit: Steven Siewert Recounted as smelling like rotting flesh, wet socks or cat vomit ...