Australia, corpse flower

Australia holds its nose for its third rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months
A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months.
Corpse flower blooms at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens for the first time
The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.
Corpse flower: Plant with 'rotting flesh smell' blooms in Australia
The corpse flower blooms for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Corpse flower's rare bloom aids forensic chemistry research
A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia, recently bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years. For forensic scientist Bridget Thurn, it was a unique opportunity to investigate the intersection of botany and forensic chemistry.
Visitors flock to third blooming of rare stinky corpse flower
A rare flower that smells like decaying flesh was attracting visitors in the Australian capital Canberra for the third flowering of the amorphophallus titanum in recent months.
Australia holds its nose for the 3rd rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months
A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months
‘Gag-worthy’: Rare corpse flower blooms in Australia, drawing crowds and stench
A rare corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, bloomed after 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens, drawing hundreds of visitors despite its pungent odor. It's the third such bloom in Australia recently.
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Australians flock to sniff a corpse flower
A rare bloom of a corpse flower — with a pungent odor similar to decaying flesh — has attracted big crowds to a botanical garden in the Australian capital Canberra, the third such extraordinary ...