The endangered plant, Titan arum, blooms for just 48 hours every few years and emits a stench that can travel for kilometres to lure flesh flies, sweat bees and carrion beetles. The rarity of the plant itself, and its flowering, has brought thousands of people to Adelaide Botanic Gardens who have queued for hours to get a mere whiff of its stinkSmells like dead rats: crowds flock to catch a whiff of blooming corpse flower in Adelaide Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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