Corpse flowers smell bad as a way to attract pollinators that are drawn to the scent of rotting flesh. Think flies buzzing over an animal carcass. Attracting pollinators is essential for any plant ...

Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a ...

a dead carcass to ... get all the flies to come and interact with it, pick up pollen, and then take that pollen to another flower that it might investigate due to its smell,” said Lauren Greig ...

The flower’s bloom is a fleeting phenomenon ... "It's kind of imitating the smell of a dead carcass to attract flies, which play a crucial role in pollination. The plant uses the pungent ...

First there was Moo Deng, then there was Pesto the Penguin – but have you met Sydney's Putricia, the corpse flower? To the ...