More than 20,000 people have lined up to get a whiff of the rare flower which stinks like 'chicken you've left out a little too long'.
Putricia the big stinky corpse flower which bloomed at the botanic gardens in Sydney on Thursday has been visited by almost 20,000 people.
Almost a million more have followed the plant's journey to bloom on a live stream titled 'A plant to die for'.Putricia is expected to emit its stinky smell for 24 hours post bloom, with the gardens planning to remain open until midnight on Friday.Almost 20,000 disgusted fans have lined up to catch a putrid whiff of Putricia, the rare stinky corpse flower which unfurled in the Sydney Botanic Garden this week and bloomed in the hearts of thousands of people online.
Sydney woman Madeline Rose told the ABC she had been obsessively watching Putricia for a week on the botanic gardens' live stream, titled 'A Plant to Die For'."Even while I was working I had it up on the side… I hope my boss doesn't watch this," she said.Bianca Rose, Madeline's sister, said 'WWIF' was trending.As Putricia unfurled and released her rank smell many also commented "blessed be the bloom".
A spokesperson for the botanic gardens said the team was "thrilled by Putricia's fame".Nina Berezovskis travelled an hour to see the flower and was planning on returning to get another whiff.One young child, gripping her nose, said she "didn't like it"."It just smells like steamed veggies," she said.The rare and endangered plant is usually found in the West Sumatran rainforests, with estimates that there are less than 1,000 specimens left in the wild.
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