Thousands of people are lining up for the opportunity to smell a flower that reeks of rotten flesh.

A rare corpse flower is set to bloom, bringing with it a smell that is comparable with rotting flesh. Following a 20-year conservation effort at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, the rare giant, ...

Adelaide’s corpse flower has come to life but you better act quick if you want to get a whiff of the giant, foul-smelling ...

The famously foul-smelling titan arum, affectionately nicknamed Smellanie, has bloomed at Adelaide Botanic Garden, drawing crowds eager to witness one of nature’s rarest and strangest spectacles.

When we think of flowers, we imagine fresh, pleasant fragrances. Roses, jasmine, lilies, all things nice. But nature, as ...

Rare corpse flower Smellanie has burst into bloom at Adelaide Botanic Garden, drawing hundreds in the first hours to experience its rotting flesh aroma before it collapses within days. Hundreds of ...

Adelaide Botanic Garden’s titan arum, known as the corpse flower, is about to bloom — unleashing a powerful odour, drawing huge crowds, and marking a major conservation milestone more than 20 years in ...

Smellanie isn’t the only corpse flower in bloom in Australia, with three already out at Cairns Botanic Gardens and another — known as Hannibal — about to join them. Other corpse flowers held in ...

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