For a short window of time, visitors to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will be in the presence of an unusual sight.

That is where a desert-native Agave plant ... one bloom in the Pacific Northwest is a botanical unicorn event,” said the zoo’s lead horticulturist, Bryon Jones. “It’s extremely rare ...

SEATTLE — In a rare event, the world's largest unbranched inflorescence is in bloom at The Spheres at ... odor similar to rotting flesh. The plant uses this smell to attract carrion flies ...

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare ... the bloom. “Putricia is a metaphor for my life,” wrote one poster, who did not elaborate. Commenters on social media planned to hurry to the garden as the plant ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A rare bloom with ... another rancid bloom at the Geelong Botanic Gardens southwest of Melbourne in November. The corpse flower or corpse plant, known as bunga ...

After last year’s incredible Washington D.C. corpse flower showing—where two of these rare flowers bloomed almost at the same time—gardeners and tourists alike have been waiting with bated breath to ...

A huge plant known as the corpse flower in recognition of its foul smell bloomed at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Sunday night, and another similar specimen may bloom imminently, the garden said.

One of its rare ... tropical plant a sniff. Corpse flowers (Amorphophallus titanum) are native to the rain forests of Sumatra in Indonesia, so they like it hot and steamy. They also bloom once ...