People view an endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink, which is about to bloom at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

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Even though the Ice Plant is quite an aggressive and invasive plant that quickly covers vast areas, there's also a bright side to it. The plant has beautiful pink flowers and it blooms so densely that ...

There are thought to be only 300 of the plants in the wild and fewer than 1,000 including those in cultivation. The corpse flower only blooms every 7-10 years in its natural habitat.

The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh has drawn devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney where they joined three-hour lines to experience a momentous bloom – ...

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying ... three-hour lines to experience a momentous bloom -– and a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting ...