Scavenger flowers attract viewers

The giant flowers that give off the stench of blooming are on display in the US and Japan, attracting many visitors.

Visitors photographed and blocked their nose as they stood near the flower Amorphophallus titanum, often called scavenger flower, in the Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, USA on July 23.Photo: Gulf Times.

The scavenger flower is on display at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Petersburg. Peter, Minnesota state, USA on July 23.Photo: Mankato Free Press.

A female student photographed inside the flower.Photo: Mankato Free Press.

Thousands of people went to the Koishikawa Botanical Garden in Tokyo, Japan on July 22 to see the flower of Amorphophallus titanum.Photo: BBC.

This is the first time this flower blooms after 20 years.Photo: AFP.

The flower has a height of 1.52 m.Photo: AFP.

The flower diameter is 0.91 m.Photo: BBC.

Its pistil has a height of 1.29 m. Flower tree originates from Sumatra island of Indonesia. A visitor described the smell of flowers as the smell of decomposing garbage.Photo: BBC.