Australians flock to sniff a corpse flower
by editors@theworld.org (Stephen Snyder) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6V7EG)
A rare bloom of a corpse flower - with a pungent odor similar to decaying flesh - has attracted big crowds to a botanical garden in the Australian capital Canberra, the third such extraordinary flowering in the nation in as many months. Hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler discuss the phenomena of corpse flower blooms, which occur for only a few days every seven to 10 years in the wild.