A corpse flower is set to bloom in Sydney

A rare plant emits a stink of death when it blooms. Thousands in Australia queued to get close to it
An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a greenhouse in Sydney, Australia.
Thousands queue in Sydney to see rare corpse flower bloom
Known for its smell of putrid, rotting flesh, a Corpse Flower has bloomed for the first time in 15 years at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney on Thursday (January 23). The botanical gardens chief scientist Brett Summerell explains the reason for the smell and visitors share their impressions of the flower.
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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 get a whiff,
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A corpse flower is set to bloom in Sydney Watch live as an endangered plant that blooms every 15 years and known as the ‘corpse flower’ for its putrid stink, housed in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney,
Rare blossom of the corpse flower in Sydney
An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" is about to bloom at the Sydney Botanic Gardens, Australia, 23.01.2025
Sydney corpse flower ‘Putricia’ blooms at the Royal Botanic Garden
It's the smell Sydney has been anticipating for weeks, and the Royal Botanic Gardens' corpse flower has today begun to bloom. Thousands of people have visited the plant in person, and tuned in online to witness the event,

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