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‘Putricia’ the putrid corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Garden basks in internet fame
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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1/24/2025
Sydney's blooming corpse flower in the city's Botanic Gardens is still holding people's attention. Thousands are lining up to catch a glimpse and a whiff of the stinky flower popularly known as ‘Putricia.’
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Well, there's no doubt, Petricia, the corpse flower that is blooming in Sydney at the Royal
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Botanic Gardens has captured the imagination of Sydneysiders.
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Indeed, even on a viral live stream of this plant, it has absolutely drawn in viewers
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from all over the world.
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In excess of a million people have been on the live stream at one point or another.
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And essentially what's happening right now is you have these massive queues of thousands
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of people that have queued up literally for hours to come through and they go and they
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get this chance, as you might be able to see here, to actually take photos, get their little
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moment.
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But it all runs very briefly and then they have to go on, much like the blooming period
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of this iconic plant.
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We spoke to a few people about why they've come here today.
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We've been hyping this up all week.
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We even have friends overseas that are tuning in just to see us on the live stream.
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So we thought we have to make it something really special for them.
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Saw the live stream last night and yeah, I think it'd be pretty good to come check it out.
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I think it's a testament to the amount of effort and care that they've put into it.
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And in a way, it's really wholesome to see so many people coming to see something that
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has taken so long and so many people's care to actually achieve.
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It's more than we ever could have imagined.
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Like this is chaotic and we're all suddenly, you know, in the spotlight.
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The corpse flower, also known by its scientific name as Amorphophallus titanum, is an exceedingly
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rare bloomer.
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In the context of the Sydney climate, it can happen as rare as every 12 years.
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But here at the Botanic Gardens, it's the first time in 15 years it's hosted a blooming
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flower.
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It's drawn in many people, but it's also drawn attention to the perilous state of the flower,
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which is endangered and native to West Sumatra.
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There's only 300 of these plants left in the wild, and conservationists hope the viral
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moment that's occurring right here, right now, will see more attention paid to its conservation.
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Indeed, already online, people have used iconic monikers such as Blessed Be the Bloom.
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As the flower wilts, it's expected that basically the show will more or less wrap up by the
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end of tonight, thousands more expected still to come.
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And then the wait is on for the next putricia, or whatever the corpse flower may end up being
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called, comes out at the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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