Corpse flower, with rancid 'rotting corpse' odour, expected to bloom in Dunedin

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 7:56 p.m.

In Dunedin, all eyes are on a famous corpse flower at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. It blooms sporadically and emits an odour so rancid it's been compared to a rotting corpse in the process. Keenly waiting on that smell is the garden's Winter Garden Plant Collection Curator, Stephen Bishop. He speaks with Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.