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After 7-year wait, corpse flower Putricia blooms in Sydney
A rare corpse flower, scientifically known as Amorphophallus titanum and affectionately nicknamed Putricia, unfurled at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney after a seven-year wait since it arrived at ...
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The waiting stinks, but Sydney may soon enjoy the aroma of its 'corpse flower'
On Wednesday, some 3,000 people were online watching "Putricia," as the plant has been ... The obsession is understandable. Sydney has been waiting for 15 years for a flowering at the Royal ...
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Blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
As excitement grew in Sydney about the moment of her bloom, garden staff erected crowd barriers, giving the Victorian greenhouse the air of a rock concert. Fans trod a red carpet to view Putricia ...
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A rare plant emits a stink of death when it blooms. Thousands in Australia queued to get close to it
As excitement grew in Sydney about the moment of her bloom, garden staff erected crowd barriers, giving the Victorian greenhouse the air of a rock concert. Fans trod a red carpet to view Putricia ...
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Second stinky corpse flower blooms in private at Botanic Gardens of Sydney
A second corpse flower has begun to bloom at Sydney's Botanic Gardens. The plant, Putricia's "sibling", will not be displayed to the public and will be kept in the nursery to better control ...
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A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff
As excitement grew in Sydney about the unfolding bloom, garden staff erected crowd barriers giving the Victorian greenhouse the air of a rock concert. Fans trod a red carpet to view Putricia from ...