Thousands of people are waiting to see and smell a unique plant in Geelong, Australia, which is located just south of Melbourne.
One guest, coughing and choking through his fingers, told NEWS affiliate Nine News, “It’s rank.”
The toddler was more direct when he said, “It smells like dead possum.”
The so-called “corpse flower,” or Amorphophallus Titanum (often abbreviated as Titan Arum), gets its name from the foul stench it emits during bloom, which draws pollinators like flies and beetles.
However, it is a highly sought-after event that attracts large crowds since it blooms erratically, sometimes just once every ten years, and each bloom lasts only 24 to 48 hours.
Only in 2021 was this plant given to the Geelong Botanic Garden from the Adelaide State Herbarium.
