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.
It’s big, it’s rare and it’s 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.
It smells like death’: Why thousands are flocking to Syndey to see a ‘stinky’ flower bloom
The blooming of a giant corpse flower in Sydney has become an event with thousands flocking to see it at the Royal Botanic Garden and hundreds of thousands following it online. But why are so many people interested in this five-foot-tall flower that gives off the stench of death?
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.
This Rare Flower Smells Like Rotten Carcass, And Thousands In Sydney Are Queuing Up To Sniff It
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney is experiencing a rush like never before. After all, it’s the first time in 15 years that this special flower has bloomed there. The rare Amorphophallus titanum, also called the corpse flower,
Corpse Flower: Thousands Line Up To See Rare Plant Which Emits Stink Of Death
Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden became the center of fascination as an endangered corpse flower, infamous for its foul odor and rare bloom.
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 blooming at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
A foul-smelling corpse flower is blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The BBG said around New Year's Eve, a gardener noticed the plant's inflorescence was starting to emerge and moved it into the garden's Aquatic House.
'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.
This Stinking Corpse Flower Is Expected To Bloom Soon
A stinky flower is about to emerge in Sydney, Australia, and the last time it bloomed was 15 years ago. Jamie Foxx Says Leonardo DiCaprio Stopped Reading ‘Django Unchained’ Due to Script’s Racial Slurs.
'Sweaty socks' and 'poop': 'Corpse flower' blooms in New York
An unusually large number of visitors turned up to see an “Amorphophallus gigas," also known as the "corpse flower", bloom for the first time at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Friday (January 24).
What's rare, reeks like dirty feet and rotting garbage − and New Yorkers want a whiff?
A 'perfectly putrid' corpse flower is drawing crowds at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as it blooms for the first time since its ...
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a ...
What to know about the corpse flower, which smells like rotting meat
Corpse flower blooms are often inconsistent. Many will bloom once a decade, though sometimes even more frequently.
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Video: Tropical plant that emits "rotting corpse" stench blooms for first time in 15 years
Dubbed the "corpse flower," the plant's scientific name is amorphophallus titanum but she's Putricia -- a portmanteau of ...
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 ...