Rare blossom of corpse flower in Sydney

Rare and Stinky 'Corpse Flower' Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney
The air was thick with both anticipation and a pungent smell as visitors flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden last weekend for a chance to see a rare flower bloom. The Amorphophallus gigas—a cousin to Amorphophallus titanum,
Corpse flowers smell like death, but thousands rush to see them bloom
Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a fascinating lesson.
Thousands flock to see rare, smelly corpse flower bloom in Sydney
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 flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse
One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh.
The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower'
The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.
It's big, rare and dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the 'corpse flower' in bloom
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.
Stinky bloom of 'corpse flower' enthrals thousands
An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the internet in the process, with thousands already tuned in to a livestream to witness its grand debut. The titan arum plant, housed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney, blooms only once every few years for just 24 hours.
Rare corpse flower greets the public with putrid bloom in New York
New Yorkers lined up for hours outside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to catch a glimpse -- and a whiff -- of the facility's rare blooming corpse flower.
‘Worth the wait’: Rare, stinky corpse flower draws hundreds to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
A giant, rare and notoriously stinky flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden over the weekend, drawing hundreds to smell something "putrid." The Amorphophallus gigas, known as the "corpse flower,
Adelaide corpse flowers spread endangered stench to Sydney and beyond
Hand-pollination of the pungent corpse flower results in hundreds of seeds that will be sent across the world to help ...
5 facts about corpse flowers that don’t stink
Across the globe in Australia, a Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower nicknamed Putricia has been blooming for the past week ...
Sydney Morning Herald9d
Sydney’s long-awaited, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ is finally blooming
A humidifier wafts mist below the focus of everyone’s attention: a long-awaited debut into Sydney society, the vomit-smelling, rotting-flesh imitating “corpse flower” is blooming.
Newsday9d
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink, is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Credit: AP/Rick Rycroft ...
The Age8d
Corpse flower as it happened: ‘Putricia’ in full bloom at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
I am sickened. I am in awe. It took staff several attempts to land on a suitable name for the first corpse flower to bloom in Sydney in 15 years. An internal staff competition to come up with ...