But to fans of this specimen, she’s Putricia -- a portmanteau of “putrid” and “Patricia” eagerly adopted by her followers who, naturally, call themselves Putricians. For a week ...

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 ...