Putricia the corpse flower: would you wait 3.5 hours to smell a rotten carcass? – video | Plants

First, there was Moo Deng, then there was Pesto the Penguin – but have you met Sydney’s Pustricia, the corpse flower? To the scientific community, the Botanic Gardens in Sydney are known as the Botanic Gardens Amorphophallus titanumwhich translates to “big deformed penis.” But online, the rare endangered plant has taken on a life of its own.

This is the first time the corpse flower has bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden in 15 years – and when it does bloom, it only lasts 24 to 48 hours.