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Visitors flock to New York botanic garden for a whiff of a flower that smells like a rotting corpse

One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh.

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‘Rotting' corpse flower in rare bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden for a limited time

Most of the time, people don’t make a pilgrimage to see (and smell) something that smells like rotting meat. But this case is different.

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Thousands flock to see rare, smelly corpse flower bloom in Sydney

A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting thousands who queued for a whiff.

5 facts about corpse flowers that don’t stink

Across the globe in Australia, a Amorphophallus titanum corpse flower nicknamed Putricia has been blooming for the past week ...

What to know about the corpse flower, which smells like rotting meat

Corpse flower blooms are often inconsistent. Many will bloom once a decade, though sometimes even more frequently.

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You Can Watch The Royal Botanic Gardens' Rarest Plant Prepare to Flower Via This Round-the-Clock Live Feed

As Sydney waits for this stinky plant to unfurl its petals for the first time in 15 years, thousands of floral fans are following its progress online.

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