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Summary Thousands of plant lovers have flocked to see a giant, stinky flower bloom for the first time.
In the northern Swiss city of Basel, the Basel Botanical Gardens expects 10,000 people to see its amorphophallus titanium or corpse flower, in full glory before the bloom wilts late in a few days.The plant is 17 years old and has never bloomed before. Visitors havent been deterred by the strong stench of rotting flesh the flower emits to attract insects for pollination.The 6.6-feet tall flower is native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the last one to bloom in Switzerland was 75 years ago. Worldwide, there have been only 134 recorded blooms from artificial cultivation.
