Rare, pungent bloom of a ‘corpse flower’ attracts crowds in Sydney – ABC News

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse throughout its uncommon blooms began to flower on Thursday, for the primary time in 15 years on the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia.

Dubbed the “corpse flower,” the plant’s scientific title is amorphophallus titanum however she’s Putricia — a portmanteau of "putrid" and "Patricia" — to her followers who’ve been lining as much as view her.