The World’s Biggest And Stinkiest Flowers Are Facing Extinction
All 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, often known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to runaway ...
Five things not to miss at the 2025 Philadelphia Flower Show
From a classroom of the future imagined by high school students to a real stinker of a plant, here are some highlights from ...
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Corpse flower blooms at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens for the first time
An Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, commonly known as the corpse flower, has bloomed at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra for the first time. The 15-year-old plant started ...
Smells like ‘wet socks’ and ‘dead possums’, corpse flower blooms for first time in 10 years
There is something about the stench of corpse flowers that draws curious people far and wide when the giant blooms spew their putrid aroma for all to smell. Such was the case in Canberra, Australia, ...
New Scientist17d
New Scientist recommends the corpse flower at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Recently, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, I had a dream come true. I got a whiff of one of the world’s stinkiest plants: a corpse flower called Amorphophallus gigas (pictured above), ...
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Researcher uncovers just how much Sydney's corpse flower Putricia smells like human remains
A researcher who studies human decomposition has analysed samples of Putricia the corpse flower during its bloom in January ...
Phys.org26d
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 ...
Time Out19d
Step aside, Putricia: a second Corpse Flower bloomed in Sydney over the weekend
It has been a little over two weeks since the momentous blooming of Putricia the Corpse Flower at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney – a rare natural event that enraptured thousands of ...
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Australia holds its nose for the 3rd rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months
The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was closing ...
Sydney Morning Herald21d
In extraordinary timing, a second corpse flower has bloomed in Sydney
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Death knocks twice. In an extraordinary botanical double-act, a second corpse flower has started to bloom at the Royal Botanic ...
Indiatimes18d
‘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 ...
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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.