Putricia began unfurling around 1pm on Thursday, January 23, and Thurn collected samples every two hours from 4 pm until midnight, continuing the next day from midday until 10pm.

Almost 20,000 disgusted fans have lined up to catch a putrid whiff of Putricia, the rare stinky corpse flower which unfurled in the Sydney Botanic Garden this week and bloomed in the hearts of ...