A rare plant housed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, infamous for its putrefying stench, is on the verge of blooming. State of play: Affectionately nicknamed Chanel by staff, the Titan ...

The famously stinky plant known as the corpse flower is expected to bloom within the week or so, and you can tune in online ...

Berlin is home to, without doubt, the world's most foul-smelling botanical garden at the moment thanks to a massive phallic ...

A rare corpse flower will bloom at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park for the first time in two ...

It's a stinky situation at the Cal Poly Plant Conservatory this week as a giant corpse flower has begun its long-awaited ...

Some flower species, like the stinking corpse lily in Indonesia, exude a smell like rotting flesh to attract pollen-carrying ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the world as dead, decaying animal flesh. Instead of bright, attractive ...

The titan arum has been nicknamed the corpse flower for its awful odour, which some compare to “rotting meat” or a “slaughterhouse”. Despite that, people go out of their way to smell its ...

The plant is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and is listed as endangered due to habitat loss and poaching, with 300-500 specimens of Titan Arum thought to be left in the wild.

One of Cairns Botanic Gardens' Amorphophallus Titanium, also known as a Titan Arum or Corpse Flower, is currently in bloom, with the large flower emitting a foul smell similar to rotting flesh.

One of Cairns Botanic Gardens' Amorphophallus Titanium, also known as a Titan Arum or Corpse Flower, is currently in bloom, with the large flower emitting a foul smell similar to rotting flesh.