Thousands of Australians gather to see rare plant which smells of death when it blooms
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA rare, endangered and smelly plant has drawn hundreds of Australians to a greenhouse in Sydney. People have gathered to witness, and smell, the corpse flower.
As it blooms, it emits the smell of decaying flesh - or a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting rubbish. Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum – or bunga bangkai in Indonesia where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest.
But to corpse flower super-fans, she is Putricia – a nickname made from the words “putrid” and “Patricia” - eagerly adopted by her followers who, naturally, call themselves Putricians.
For a week, she has graced a stately and gothic display in front of a purple curtain and wreathed in mist from a humidifier at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney.
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