A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such extraordinary flowering in as many months.

The corpse flower at the Australian National Botanic Gardens is at least 15 years old but had never flowered before now.

The corpse flower blooms for the first time in its 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens.

A rare corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, bloomed after 15 years at Canberra's Australian National Botanic Gardens, drawing hundreds of visitors despite its pungent odor. It's the third such bloom in Australia recently.