Putricia the corpse flower: would you wait 3.5 hours to smell a rotten carcass?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2025
- First there was Moo Deng, then there was Pesto the Penguin - but have you met Sydney's Putricia, the corpse flower?
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To the scientific community, the Botanic Gardens of Sydney’s corpse flower is known as Amorphophallus titanum, which translates to 'large, deformed penis'. But online, the rare endangered plant has taken a life of its own.
It’s the first time a corpse flower has bloomed in the Royal Botanic Garden in 15 years - and when they do blossom, they last just 24 to 48 hours
‘Putricia for president’: Sydney’s blooming corpse flower becomes a cult hero - to those who can’t smell her ► www.theguardia...
She looks like a ‘deformed penis’ and smells like a dead possum: Sydney goes wild for its blooming corpse flower ► www.theguardia...
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