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 corpse flower, affectionately named "Putricia," goes on public display as it prepares to flower at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney on Jan. 18 in Sydney.

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

The corpse flower is a botanical rock star — prized by botanic gardens around the globe. In a new video, NPR's Skunk Bear explores the biology of the stinky giant, which thrives by playing dead.

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 ...

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.