A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting thousands who queued for a whiff.

A rare corpse flower bloomed at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this weekend, and people waited in line for hours to get a whiff of its unique scent.

One by one, visitors to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden pulled out their phones snap pictures of the rare blooming plant before leaning in to brave a whiff of its infamously putrid scent, which resembles that of rotting flesh.

Usually, people try to avoid anything considered “rotting.” But a rare flower on display in Brooklyn is expected to attract large crowds this weekend. The infamous flower known for its rotting, putrid smell started blooming on Friday.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s rare Amorphophallus gigas, native to Sumatra, bloomed for the first time since 2018 on January 24, attracting visitors eager to experience its towering height and infamous carrion stench.