Blooming corpse flower in Sydney has thousands lining up for a whiff Associated Press Charlotte Graham-mclay And Rick Rycroft Published Jan 23, 2025 • 3 minute read ...

Tall, pointed, and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest.

A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff ...

Thousands of curious tourists and locals queued up in Sydney to catch a whiff of a rare plant known as a corpse flower after it bloomed for the first time in a decade. The specimen, nicknamed ...

Her rise to fame since has been rapid, with up to 20,000 admirers filing past for a moment in her increasingly pungent presence. No corpse flower has bloomed at the garden for 15 years.

In the Australian city Geelong, just south of Melbourne, thousands are lining up for the rare chance to see – and smell – an unusual plant.

Her rise to fame has been rapid, with up to 20,000 admirers filing past for a moment in her increasingly pungent presence. No corpse flower has bloomed at the garden for 15 years.

A Blooming Plant That Reeks of Gym Socks and Rotting Garbage Has Thousands Lining up for a Whiff SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh ...

A slow bloomer There are thought to be only 300 of the plants in the wild and fewer than 1,000 including those in cultivation. The corpse flower only blooms every 7-10 years in its natural habitat.