A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff People ... The corpse flower only blooms every 7-10 years in its natural habitat.

A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff. Story by CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ... The corpse flower only blooms every 7-10 years in its ...

No corpse flower has bloomed at the garden for 15 years. A slow bloomer There are thought to be only 300 of the plants in the wild and fewer than 1,000 including those in cultivation.

People have described the smell of a corpse flower bloom as rotting flesh. A KQED reporter found that description to be spot ...

A man uses a mop to soak up water from the plants where an endangered plant known as the “corpse flower” for its putrid stink, is on display at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, Australia ...

A corpse flower blooming in Cairns, Australia, in January 2018. Mangiwau/Moment RF/Getty Images Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter .

Her rise to fame has been rapid, with up to 20,000 admirers filing past for a moment in her increasingly pungent presence. No corpse flower has bloomed at the garden for 15 years.

Blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff . An endangered plant ... No corpse flower has bloomed at the garden for 15 years.

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney ...