The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.

It's the smell Sydney has been anticipating for weeks, and the Royal Botanic Gardens' corpse flower has today begun to bloom.

A rare and revolting spectacle has drawn tens of thousands to Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens, where a foul-smelling flower ...

The giant foul-smelling flower began unfurling at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden for the first time in 15 years on Thursday.

An endangered tropical plant that emits the stench of a rotting corpse during its rare blooms has begun to flower in a ...

The rare blooming of a corpse flower named Putricia, which emits a decaying flesh odor, drew thousands to Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden. Fans waited hours to see the floral spectacle that blooms once ...

The endangered plant's rare unfurling has captivated the internet and inspired a series of memes and nicknames.

The corpse flower in Sydney is almost at peak blooming. Will you head to the botanic gardens to catch a whiff?

Visitors gathered in Sydney to witness the blooming of a rare flower known as the "corpse flower," which opens for just 24 hours, once every few years.