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.
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Corpse flowers smell like death, but thousands rush to see them bloom
Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a ...
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AUDIO: The delicate science of propagating corpse flowers
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 ...
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The 'giant misshapen penis' flower sums up our simple human need for joy
Thousands of people queued in Australia last week to smell a flower. The corpse flower, which blooms once every few years, but for only around 24 hours, opened at Sydney Botanic Gardens. There have ...
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A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
People view an endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink, which is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.
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Behind the scenes at the Botanic Garden, it’s more zoo than greenhouse
There is one alien species, though, in a conspicuous pile of yellow envelopes: the pollen of a corpse flower. The blooming of Sumatran superstar “Putricia” at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden ...
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'Corpse flower' blooming in Sydney
A rare blooming of a distinctive-smelling "corpse flower" is underway at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney. AddedJan 12th, 2025 Adelaide's train network is back under public ownership, after the State ...
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'Corpse flower' blooms after seven years - rare plant with 'deadly' smell attracts thousands of visitors
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 ...
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Putricia the ‘corpse flower’ pulls a crowd of 27,000 keen for a whiff at Sydney’s Botanical Gardens
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 ...
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