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A corpse flower, affectionately named "Putricia," goes on public display as it prepares to flower at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney on Jan. 18 in Sydney.
SYDNEY, Jan 24 (Reuters) - 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 ...
A giant stinky flower drawing attention across Sydney has officially bloomed, emitting its infamous foul odour of decay for 24 hours only. Putricia, as the corpse flower has been nicknamed ...
A corpse flower, affectionately named "Putricia," goes on public display as it prepares to flower at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney on Jan. 18 in Sydney.
The stench - which is strongest on the first day of the flower's two-day bloom - has been likened in the past to dead animals ...
A rare corpse flower, scientifically known as Amorphophallus titanum and affectionately nicknamed Putricia, unfurled at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney after a seven-year wait since it arrived at ...
ICYMI, the Botanic Gardens Of Sydney is gearing up for an event of a lifetime. For the first time in 15 years, a Bunga Bangkai (corpse flower) named Putricia will be in bloom.
The last time a corpse flower bloomed in the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden was 15 years ago. The species blooms for 24 hours every few years in its natural habitat, so the chance to see it in person ...
It repulsed more than 20,000 people in Sydney last week, did the same in Geelong in 2024, and on both occasions had visitors queuing between two and five hours for the privilege. Australians have ...
Many visitors queued up to admire the 1.6 metre high flower, which smelt like a corpse. The bloom, the first in 15 years at the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden, generated an incredible response, with ...
Similar but different plant drew crowds in Sydney. Amorphophallus gigas, native to Sumatra, is related to the "headline-grabbing corpse flower” Amorphophallus titanum, the garden says on its ...