Nearly 20,000 people visited the Botanic Gardens in Sydney to catch an endangered plant known as the 'corpse flower' in bloom.
Called “Boccia,” the Titan Arum plant has a musty odor resembling “something rotting” or “hot garbage” for 24 hours after flowering.
The smell is the result of a chemical production that occurs in the plant to attract pollinators.
The endangered flower – native to Sumatra, Indonesia – only blooms every 7-10 years in the wild. There are believed to be fewer than 1,000 plants globally, including those in agriculture.
