LiveStream of a Corpse Flower getting ready to bloom at the Sydney Botanic Gardens

[TootsieFootsie]

I've been watching it on and off for a fews days now. It's very addictive.

 

[musicaljoke]

Found only in the rainforests of western Sumatra, the rare and endangered Corpse Flower plant is renowned for the smell of putrid, rotting flesh that surround the flowers when it blooms.

People have described the smell as like wet socks, hot cat food, or rotting possum flesh. But wouldn’t you like to find out for yourself?

What’s happening?​

There are several Corpse Flower plants in different stages of growth in the Aroid glasshouse in the nursery. Despite this, blooms are very rare, occurring for just 24 hours every few years. This will be the fifth time a Corpse Flower has bloomed at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, with various plants in our collection previously flowering in 2010, 2008, 2004 and a double bloom in 2006.

Corpse Flower: A Plant to Die For | Botanic Gardens of Sydney

A Corpse Flower — Bunga Bangkai — has bloomed in Sydney for the first time in fifteen years.

www.botanicgardens.org.au

 

[bettyboop]

@TootsieFootsie , this is SO APPROPRIATE for this website!!
CORPSE flower!! A plant to DIE for!! Thanks for the thread!!

 

[musicaljoke]

That is one huge flower bud! I hope I get to watch it open.

 

[LadyL]

this reminds me of watching for my parent's Moonflowers to bloom at night

 

[acutename]

US has one too:

A flower blooms in Brooklyn, and it reeks of rotting flesh

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's corpse flower only blooms every two to 10 years.

gothamist.com

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I don't know, but it seems to me that the Sydney one is not as big as yesterday.
I did read that they don't always end up opening.

 

[airportwoman]

My local botanical center had several of these, smaller ones in 4-inch pots, and I made the mistake of sticking my nose right into an opened blossom. I swear, I could smell that thing for HOURS afterwards!

 

[musicaljoke]

I don't know, but it seems to me that the Sydney one is not as big as yesterday.
I did read that they don't always end up opening.

That might explain the steam jets that we were seeing yesterday. Perhaps they were worried that the bloom was getting too dry.
ETA @TootsieFootsie ... I believe it is opening up!! Tonight is the night!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I hadn't looked for a couple of hours and there is a dramatic change.
It's starting to open!

Putricia is getting ready for her big show

 

[SouthAussie]

I hadn't looked for a couple of hours and there is a dramatic change.
It's starting to open!

Putrina is getting ready for her big show

ABC says she is blossoming today and it will take her 3 to 6 hours to completely unfurl. More than 200,000 people have been watching the live stream! And more than 5,000 have gone to the gardens to see her.

Putricia the stinky corpse flower blooms in Sydney's Botanic Gardens

The flower has been said to smell like rotting flesh, wet socks or hot cat food, and only stinks for 24 hours after blooming.

www.abc.net.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Thanks for the headsup @musicaljoke!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

They are going to stay open for visitors til midnight now that she has started blooming.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Edited my post because I had her name wrong. It's Putricia.

 

[airportwoman]

They are going to stay open for visitors til midnight now that she has started blooming.

I scrolled back, and Putricia's lower levels have opened up.

 

[detective.moon]

'We Watch The Flower': Thousands await corpse plant's rare bloom

A livestream of an endangered plant's rare bloom in Sydney has captivated the internet.

www.bbc.com

a nice article

thank you for posting about this OP!

 

[Tower]

US has one too:

A flower blooms in Brooklyn, and it reeks of rotting flesh

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's corpse flower only blooms every two to 10 years.

gothamist.com

My daughter’s school, Colorado State University, has one that opened in May!

Photos: CSU's corpse flower draws more than 8,600 visitors during first ever bloom

Thousands of people flocked to the CSU campus over Memorial Day weekend to see (and smell!) a rare corpse flower during a bloom.

source.colostate.edu

 

[TootsieFootsie]

A lot of people travelling on their way to see the flower are going to be disappointed as they've just closed the queue.
The queue is so long that many there in the queue will have to wait two or three hours to get in.

Some on the way there said they were going to camp there overnight for when the garden opens again at 8am.

They've also shortened the time that each group can look at the flower.
It was 5 minutes, then 2 minutes and 1 minute over the last couple of hours.

 

[SouthAussie]

A lot of people travelling on their way to see the flower are going to be disappointed as they've just closed the queue.
The queue is so long that many there in the queue will have to wait two or three hours to get in.

Some on the way there said they were going to camp there overnight for when the garden opens again at 8am.

They've also shortened the time that each group can look at the flower.
It was 5 minutes, then 2 minutes and 1 minute over the last couple of hours.

I read that the opened bloom will only last for 24 hours. Hopefully most people (including us ) will get to see it tomorrow.


.... blooms for only 24 hours every two to three years ....

Corpse Flower | The Huntington

The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) also known as the Corpse Flower produces the largest unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom. It can grow more than 12 feet tall, blooms for only 24 hours every two to three years, and boasts a powerful stench when it blooms, earning the flower its...

huntington.org

 

[airportwoman]

The top is crumpling, which I guess is part of the blooming process.