When hordes turn out to see – and smell – the blooming of a flower, it says something important about the human spirit.

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as ... she’s Putricia -- a portmanteau of “putrid” and “Patricia” eagerly adopted by her followers who, naturally ...

the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are ...

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A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia, recently bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years.

Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a ...

The smell has cleared from Sydney after last week's blooming of the corpse flower in the city's Royal Botanic Garden. It only bloomed for about 24 hours, but tens of thousands of people streamed ...

Some 27,000 people showed up and waited up to three-and-a-half hours to see - and smell - the full spectacle of the corpse flower, nicknamed “Putricia”, unfurling at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens ...

People have been queuing for hours at a greenhouse in Sydney, Australia, to smell the infamous corpse flower after it bloomed for the first time in years. The large flower, officially called ...