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

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanium – or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest. But to fans ...

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest.

Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga bangkai in Indonesia, where the plants are found in the Sumatran rainforest. But to fans ...

Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a fascinating lesson.

It is the first time a corpse flower has bloomed at the Royal Sydney ... As well as her real-life admirers, the 5-foot Sumatran rainforest plant has drawn an eccentric but devoted online fandom.