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.

Watch a timelapse of Sydney's long-awaited corpse flower bloom, which drew hours-long queues and flies with its putrid smell. The countdown is on until Western Australia says its final farewell to ...

The Amorphophallus gigas, a cousin to the infamous "corpse flower," is beginning to bloom at the Aquatic House in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.