Staff and visitors at Australia's Royal Botanic Garden Sydney are hoping to see — and smell — a rare event that could come at any moment: the blooming of a giant amorphophallus titanum ...

A corpse flower dubbed Putricia has finally bloomed at Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. The plant, also known as Amorphophallus titanum, has the biggest, smelliest flower spike in the world.

On Thursday, thousands of enthusiasts came to a greenhouse in Sydney, Australia, to admire the bloom of an endangered tropical plant. The Amorphophallus titanum, nicknamed "Putricia" by its fans ...

Visitors to Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden photograph a blooming corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) on January 24. Don Arnold / Getty Images “Something that occurs this rarely is always a ...

has been the centre of attention at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney over the last two days. The rare plant – scientific name amorphophallus titanum, but also known as “Titan Arum” or “bunga ...

The rare and endangered Corpse Flower is called Amorphophallus titanum and it is a parasitic ... rainforests of western Sumatra will bloom in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens this weekend.

It repulsed more than 20,000 people in Sydney last week ... Australians have a fascination with corpse flowers, or Amorphophallus titanum — an endangered plant endemic to Sumatra known for ...

People have queued for hours at a Sydney greenhouse to get a whiff ... because they can't self-pollinate." The amorphophallus titanum is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and is listed ...

The Amorphophallus titanum is a striking plant even before ... Botanical conservatories from Denver to Sydney want the stinky crowd-pleasers in their collections. And to keep the domesticated ...

The Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia featured this flower. Scientifically it's named the Giant Amorphophallus Titanum, but nicknamed Putricia by the locals for its foul stench. It only lasted ...