Jan 24, 2025 · Found only in the rainforests of western Sumatra, the rare and endangered Corpse Flower plant is renowned for the smell of putrid, rotting flesh that surround the flowers when it blooms. People have described the smell as like wet socks, hot cat food, or rotting possum flesh. But wouldn’t you like to find out for yourself? What’s happening?

Jan 23, 2025 · A corpse flower dubbed Putricia has finally bloomed at Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. The plant, also known as Amorphophallus titanum, has the biggest, smelliest flower spike in the world. What's ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Almost 20,000 disgusted fans have lined up to catch a putrid whiff of Putricia, the rare stinky corpse flower which unfurled in the Sydney Botanic Garden this week and bloomed in the hearts of thousands of people online.

Jan 22, 2025 · The titan arum plant, housed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney, blooms only once every few years for just 24 hours. Affectionately dubbed Putricia, it will release a smell described as...

In Putricia's case, she reached a height of 1.6 meters (5 feet 3 inches) by Thursday, The Economic Times reported. The bloom lasts just 24 hours before the flower begins to wilt.

Jan 23, 2025 · SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday where they joined three-hour lines to experience a momentous bloom -– and a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting garbage.

Jan 23, 2025 · Putricia fan Anne visits the blooming corpse flower in her custom outfits and shoes at the Sydney Botanic Gardens on Thursday. Credit: Angus Dalton She saw the last corpse flower bloom here 15 ...

Jan 20, 2025 · They're hoping they might catch the moment a rare corpse flower will bloom for the first time in 15 years at Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden (RBG). Nicknamed 'Putricia', Sydney's flower is set to bloom any moment — emitting a foul odour for 24 hours before it dies.

Jan 23, 2025 · Putricia’s appearance marks only the fifth time a corpse flower has bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden, although there is a greenhouse full of the plants, also known as Amorphophallus titanum ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The ultra-stinky Putricia the Corpse flower has finally bloomed at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens, treating visitors to its repugnant smell for the first time in 15 years. The towering green plant ...