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.
Rare and Stinky ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney
People lined up to see—and smell—the blossoms of two pungent plant species, which only bloom for a short time every few years
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.
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.
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.
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
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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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Corpse flower as it happened: ‘Putricia’ in full bloom at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
“Awww” could be heard across the Herald office as we attentively watched the rare corpse flower bloom in front of its growing crowd of fans. Ailsa Piper, a Sydney writer, was at the nearby Art ...
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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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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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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.
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Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G For the first time in 15 years, the world is captivated by the rare blooming of a stinky ...
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 ...