“We’re incredibly lucky to have a second Corpse Flower plant enter the flower stage,” Prof Summerell said. “This is an amazing opportunity for us to take the lessons we learnt from Putricia and ...

Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers, has died. He was 92.

A rare and smelly spectacle is drawing visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where the corpse flower—known scientifically as Amorphophallus gigas — bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, an event ...

There is something about the stench of corpse flowers that draws curious people far and wide when the giant blooms spew their putrid aroma for all to smell. Such was the case in Canberra, ...

Recently, at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York, I had a dream come true. I got a whiff of one of the world’s stinkiest ...

An Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, commonly known as the corpse flower, has bloomed at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra for the first time. The 15-year-old plant started ...

A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...

A corpse flower, aptly named Putricia, recently bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney for the first time in 15 years. For forensic scientist Bridget Thurn, it was a unique opportunity to ...

Horticulturalists said the spike in the centre of the rare and endangered flower measures 158cm and is still growing. Once it stops growing, the petals will begin to open. The corpse flower is ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Death knocks twice. In an extraordinary botanical double-act, a second corpse flower has started to bloom at the Royal Botanic ...

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 ...