Native to western Sumatra, Indonesia, the corpse flower, or bunga bangkai, blooms only once every 7 to 10 years, releasing a foul odour to attract flies and carrion beetles for pollination.

A corpse flower blooming in Cairns, Australia, in January 2018. Mangiwau/Moment RF/Getty Images Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter .

Thousands of people queued up in the city of Geelong, south of Melbourne in Australia, to catch a glimpse of what's once-in-a-decade occurrence -- the blooming 'corpse flower'.

Most of the Australian native plants commonly called geraniums are in fact pelargoniums. You may have stumbled across Pelargonium australe , the most common of our seven species, which is spread ...

For birds, red means 'go': Some flowers evolved red hues favored by birds Date: March 5, 2013 Source: Monash University Summary: New research has shown that certain Australian native flowers have ...