Checking out the corpse plant at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens on Saturday were Suliya (5, left) and Sarina (7) Li, of Dunedin. Photo / Christine O'ConnorPeople queued up at the gates of the Dunedin Botanic Garden to take a whiff of the city's famously stinky plant. About 50 people were already lined up at 8am on Saturday to check out the corpse plant (Amorphophallus titanum), which began to flower on Friday for just the second time. The corpse flower at Dunedin Botanical Gardens. The plant was given to the botanic garden in 2008.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 18, 2021 01:30 UTC