Commenters on social media planned to hurry to the garden as the plant opened. In just 24 hours, Putricia’s bloom -– and her stench -– would be gone. During the day, her flower spike slowly ...

This plant is a bunch type grass with many upright tillers. The leaves, like most small grains are rolled in the whorl. Flat leaf blades and dense flower spikes. Each large spike consists of many ...

A very rare and very stinky plant was drawing long lines in Brooklyn this weekend as locals sought to get a whiff of the flower dubbed "Smelliot” by staff at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

The bright-red flower spikes look like bottle-scrubbers ... source for hummingbirds when other nectar plants are not in bloom. The bright-red bushy long stamens provide both nectar and pollen ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its ... or rotting possum flesh". The long wait to see Putricia ...

Trumpet Honeysuckle's long blooming period and attractive ... American perennial that hummingbirds adore. The plant produces spikes of tubular flowers in shades of red, pink, purple, blue, and ...

which marked the plant's first unfurling in 15 years. The rare titan arum — which is a type of carrion flower — has the world's largest and stinkiest flower spike and blooms for only 24 hours ...

These tropical plants feature vibrant foliage and unique flower spikes. Alex said: "Bromeliads are a fantastic choice for winter as they enjoy the warmth of indoor environments. They are known for ...

The 15-year-old plant started unfurling its 135 centimetre-tall flower spike on Saturday afternoon, emanating a putrid stench described by some as smelling like "dead rat". The bloom is expected ...