Sydney, corpse flower

'Hot garbage': Australians react to smell of 'corpse flower' in bloom
Dubbed Putricia, the titan arum plant emits a putrid smell likened to "something rotting" or "hot garbage" for 24 hours after blooming. The smell is the result of a chemical production that happens in the plant to attract pollinators.
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.
Big, stinky corpse flower Putricia blooms in Sydney, watched on by thousands via livestream
The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.
Sydney's corpse flower 'Putricia' beginning to bloom
It's been 15 years since the foul-smelling flower showed its petals in Sydney, but the rare Amorphophallus titanum – also known as a corpse flower – is finally blooming.The flower, known for its smell of rotting flesh,
Corpse flower recap: ‘Putricia’ in full bloom at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
For the first time in 15 years, Putricia - the corpse flower with a vomit-smelling perfume - will flower for only about 24 hours before it withers and dies. Join us for rolling coverage of this long-awaited event.
Sydney’s Corpse Flower Putricia Is About To Bloom & The Livestream Comments Are Bonkers
Alongside being one of the biggest flowers in the world, the endangered Bunga Bangkai is known for the stench that oozes from it when it blooms. According to the Botanic Gardens Of Sydney website, it has been described as “rotting flesh”, “wet socks”, “hot cat food” or for a more specific picture, “rotting possum flesh”.
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 get a whiff, with 20,000 fans having visited the plant so far.
Corpse flower: Plant with 'deadly' stench pulls huge crowds for rare bloom in Sydney
Staff at the gardens revealed they considered putting vomit bags in the room, where crowds lined up to get a whiff of what many have described as a "rotting" smell.
Corpse flower as it happened: ‘Putricia’ in full bloom at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
Sydney’s long-awaited corpse flower has finally bloomed, drawing flies, creating hours-long queues and capturing thousands of online viewers. She will only remain in this state for around 24 hours.
Thousands queue to see rare plant which emits stink of death when it blooms
The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh has drawn hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney where they lined up to experience a momentous bloom – and a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting rubbish.
Putricia the putrid corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Garden basks in internet fame
More than 20,000 people have lined up to get a whiff of the rare flower which stinks like "chicken you've left out a little too long".
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...
‘Our queen’: Famous corpse flower draws massive crowds in Sydney
The blooming of an ultra-stinky corpse flower has drawn massive crowds in Sydney as thousands flock to marvel at its unique rotting stench.