Sydney's corpse flower Putricia is in bloom | 7.30

Hundreds of people are queuing in Sydney's Botanic Gardens hoping for a glimpse - and a sniff - of a rare event.

Hagar Cohen visited the greenhouse to meet Putricia the corpse flower.

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