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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australia holds its nose for the 3rd rancid bloom of a rare corpse plant in 3 months

Australia Corpse Flower - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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

The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name amorphophallus titanium, bloomed for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra’s Australian National Botanic Gardens on Saturday and was closing on Monday, staff said.

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