Nearly 20,000 people visited Sydney’s Botanic Gardens to capture the endangered plant known as the “corpse flower”.
Titan Arum plants, called Putricia, emit a putrid odor likened to “something rotting” or “hot garbage” for 24 hours after blooming.
Odor is the result of chemical production that occurs in plants to attract pollinators.
This endangered flower (native to Sumatra, Indonesia) blooms every 7-10 years in the wild. There are thought to be less than 1,000 of the plant worldwide, including those in cultivation.
