‘Putricia for president’: Sydney’s blooming corpse flower becomes a cult hero – to those who can’t smell her

For days, people in Sydney have been visiting Putricia, a corpse flower whose bloom generally lasts between 24-48 hours. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

In a Sydney greenhouse, a tall pointed flower is about to bloom for the first time in years.

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 on a new name: Putricia.