Sky News Australia | Rare and smelly titan arum blooms at Melbourne Botanic Gardens Herald Sun THIS rare 2m bloom smells like death, flowers for only a few days each decade - and has green thumbs rushing to the Royal Botanic Gardens. Hordes of horticultural enthusiasts waited in line yesterday to glimpse the exotic titan arum - or corpse flower - which ... Smelly, giant flower in rare bloom flower makes stinky Christmas bloom Corpse flower blossoms in Australian botanic garden |