Corpse flower blooms at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens for first time in 15 years. A rare and revolting spectacle has drawn tens of thousands to Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens, where a foul ...

The flower's Latin name translates as "giant, misshapen penis." But it's better known to locals as "Putricia." Royal Botanical Garden Sydney has even set up a livestream in anticipation.

It will be just the fifth such blooming at the Sydney gardens, the most recent being in 2010. Other corpse flowers bloomed in 2004, 2008, and there was a rare double bloom in 2006.

However, in a rare botanical double-act, we can report that a second Corpse Flower bloomed at the Botanic Gardens over the weekend. Nicknamed ‘Stink’ by staff, this flower is one of Putricia ...

A rare and revolting spectacle has drawn tens of thousands to Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens, where a foul-smelling flower known as “Putricia” has finally bloomed. The corpse flower ...