Two giant corpse flowers unfurl in spectacular Cairns bloom

The corpse flowers have officially started to bloom at the Cairns Botanic Gardens, with two of the four opening within the ...

Rare spectacle as four giant Corpse Flowers get ready to bloom

Four large plants famous for their terrible odour are expected to bloom at the Cairns Botanic Gardens this week.

Fly-arousing orchid and zombie fungus among 2025 botanical and fungal finds

Botanists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava ...
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How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

(THE CONVERSATION) Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally. Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two ...

Scientists named 190 new plants and fungi species in 2025 – including gruesome spider-killing fungus

Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species ...

Zombie fungi and 'bloodstained' orchids: Top plant and fungal species named new to science in 2025

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and their international partners, reveal today their pick of the top 10 ...