The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.

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". Other popular abbreviations are WDNRP (We Do Not Rush Putricia) and BBTB ...

A livestream of a "corpse flower" due to bloom in Sydney's botanic gardens has captivated the internet.

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 ...

The "corpse flower", an endangered plant known for ... to unfold a vibrant maroon or crimson skirt, known as a spathe, around her spadix which is the large spike in the centre of the plant.

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 ...

The flower blooms when the spike in the centre, known as the spadix, experiences a growth spurt which prompts the spathe, or the skirt around the spadix, to open. Once the spathe unravels ...