An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the internet ...

People in the livestream's chat have developed their own sayings, with thousands commenting "WWTF", or "We Watch the Flower".

Corpse flower blooms are often inconsistent. Many will bloom once a decade, though sometimes even more frequently.

A rare 'corpse flower' bloom in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens has attracted over 20,000 visitors. The flower, which emits a ...

The corpse flower, an endangered plant known for its foul smell, has garnered the attention of thousands on the internet who ...

The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.

The blooming of a giant corpse flower in Sydney has become an event with thousands flocking to see it at the Royal Botanic ...

Flowers are meant to smell nice. This one doesn't. And thousands want to see — and smell it — for themselves.

An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink ... a vibrant maroon or crimson skirt, known as a spathe, around her spadix which is the large spike in the middle of the ...

When the spadix stops growing the spathe ... carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies which pollinate the flowers within the spathe. The smell can be detected by these insects more than a kilometre ...