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Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse

One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh.

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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.

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Rare 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.

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 ...

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You Can Watch The Royal Botanic Gardens' Rarest Plant Prepare to Flower Via This Round-the-Clock Live Feed

As Sydney waits for this stinky plant to unfurl its petals for the first time in 15 years, thousands of floral fans are following its progress online.

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The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower'

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal ...

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