<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hundreds of people have gathered in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne"><span>Melbourne</span></a><span> to smell one of the stinkiest plants in the world.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two months after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/corpse-flower-geelong-rare-flower-begins-to-bloom-in-victoria/24c913e2-e8b1-442e-addf-fc177b222c6d" rel="" target="" title="a corpse flower bloomed in Geelong"><span>a corpse flower bloomed in Geelong</span></a><span>, a second has sprouted in the suburb of Braeside in a usually once-in-a-decade event.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The giant leaves started to peel away from the stem at midday at Collectors Corner Garden World, where staff first noticed the changes in the flower on December 12.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hadi-nazari-hiker-very-grateful-for-extraordinary-rescue-after-13-days-missing-in-kosciuszko-national-park/2f668e25-6758-46f0-975d-8949ef147aac" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Very grateful': Hiker issues message from hospital bed after incredible rescue</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Groups crowded around the 1.8m tall flower today, which is expected to be in full bloom tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It smells like if you're at a black alley and you went past an open garbage can full of rotting fish," one visitor said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's like a stench, like a cabbage," another traveller said.</span></div></div><div class="styles__Wrapper-sc-2o34ro-0 cmwkBV"><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><a href="/content/2024/11/12/08/56/geelong-corpse-flower-blooms"><img alt="CORPSE FLOWER: Thousands queue up to see corpse flower in bloom in Melbourne, Geelong. 12.11.24" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 636px, (min-width: 768px) 396px, 100vw" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/HVHuRu9tLhBB1u2Bl7KaqmsU444=/37x284:2242x1525/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F5577d18c-5410-4460-a998-18f722b847be" srcset="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/HVHuRu9tLhBB1u2Bl7KaqmsU444=/37x284:2242x1525/396x223/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F5577d18c-5410-4460-a998-18f722b847be 396w, https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/h5gdFpUhlaemFWDzvkmf78ABcho=/37x284:2242x1525/636x358/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F5577d18c-5410-4460-a998-18f722b847be 636w"/></a></div><div class="styles__Column-sc-2o34ro-3 jJDKrX"><div class="styles__Headline-sc-2o34ro-4 hpbOlz">Thousands line up for once-in-a-decade chance to smell a corpse</div><div class="styles__Button-sc-2o34ro-1 eBjlmW"><a class="styles__ButtonLink-sc-2o34ro-2 hqpklJ" href="/content/2024/11/12/08/56/geelong-corpse-flower-blooms">View Gallery</a></div></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hundreds-visit-melbourne-garden-centre-to-smell-corpse-flower/ace38810-2b3a-476f-a9b5-5842ba608ae9" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Staff are familiar with the process after another titan arum flowered in 2016.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It brought a lot of people," worker Jenci Kapitany said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"When it opened in the evening it brought hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of flies to pollinate."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trading hours at the garden centre have been extended while the plant is in full bloom for those who dare to witness the distinct scent of rotting flesh in the flesh.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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