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 ...

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 ...

A rare corpse flower, scientifically known as Amorphophallus titanum and affectionately nicknamed Putricia, unfurled at the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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. An amorphophallus titanum flower is renowned ...

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 ...