Rare blossom of corpse flower in Sydney

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.
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.
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,
After 7-year wait, corpse flower Putricia blooms in Sydney
The bloom has attracted up to 20,000 admirers who filed past, hoping to experience the smell for themselves, with some attendees describing it as "like death," "like poop," and "like sewage water."
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Across the globe in Australia, a Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower nicknamed Putricia has been blooming for the past week at the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden. This is the first time in 15 years that one of these flowers has bloomed in Sydney and over 20,000 people have stopped in to take a whiff.
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Popping up on my FYP, all three meters of her, was Putricia the Corpse Flower, the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s Araceae It girl.
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.
‘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,
See it: Stinky, rare 'corpse flower' blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
This is the first time the corpse flower has bloomed at Brooklyn Botanic Garden since its arrival from Malaysia in 2018.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Tune Into a Livestream of a Blooming Corpse Flower in Sydney
The corpse flower at the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden—nicknamed Putricia, a combination of putrid and Patricia—is drawing an enormous crowd. People are waiting three hours to see her bloom and ...
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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 ...
Would You Stand in Line to Sniff the World’s Most Disgusting Flower?
Thousands of people bore witness to the rare and odorous blooming of Putricia the corpse flower in Sydney, Australia, this ...