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.
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.
Big, stinky corpse flower Putricia blooms in Sydney, watched on by thousands via livestream
The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.
A rare plant emits a stink of death when it blooms. Thousands in Australia lined up for a whiff
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. It is the first time
Rare plant emits a stink of death when it blooms. Thousands 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
Thousands await stinky plant's rare bloom
The long wait and uncertainty as to when Putricia will bloom - has spawned jokes and even a unique lingo in the livestream's chat, with thousands commenting "WWTF", or "We Watch the Flower". The current view is not much: Putricia stands silent and tall in front of a brown curtain,
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 ...
A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...
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.
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 ...
Australians queue for plant’s ‘amazing’ stink of rotting garbage
The corpse flower exudes a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting garbage, in the 24 hours that it blooms.
Sydney’s long-awaited, foul-smelling ‘corpse flower’ is finally blooming
Visitors are invited to come smell the corpse flower’s rotten perfume during extended opening hours at the Botanic Gardens ...
Thousands line up in Sydney for the stink of rotting flesh and garbage
A rare blooming of a corpse flower, affectionately nicknamed Putricia, has drawn thousands of visitors to Sydney’s Royal ...