The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest, measuring 1m (around 3ft 3in) across in some cases. Image caption, Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t smell this picture It ...

Without plants, the world would be an extremely bleak and unjoyful place. As well as providing oxygen and removing carbon dioxide from the air, plants in all forms - from colossal trees and ...

Known as the “stinking corpse lily,” Rafflesia are pollinated by carrion flies, rather than butterflies or bees. The rotting meat smell helps attract these pollinators into the flower’s ...

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A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia, recently bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years. For forensic scientist Bridget Thurn, it was a unique opportunity to ...

It smells like feet, cheese and rotten meat. It just smelled like the worst possible combination of smells,” Elijah Blades ...

Australians have a fascination with corpse flowers, or Amorphophallus titanum — an endangered plant endemic to Sumatra known for emitting a pungent stench to attract insects on the rare occasion ...

Sydney's corpse flower Putricia is on display at the Royal Botanic Garden. It will only bloom for about 24 hours before dying. Thousands of people are watching Putricia's live stream on YouTube.

A PhD candidate has taken samples of corpse flower Putricia, which bloomed in Sydney last month. She analysed the samples in a lab and found similar compounds to human decomposition. It ...