A rare titan arum burst into flower at the Eden Project - causing a massive stink.

The titan stands at well over six feet tall and is just off a path high up in the sultry heat of the Rainforest Biome, the largest rainforest in captivity.

Eden’s titan arum expert Tim Grigg has spent years nurturing the giant plant. From Sunday, June 10 the spectacular inflorescence opened for just 48 hours.

Insect pollinators are lured by the foul scent, likened to the smell of rotting flesh, hence its other name of ‘corpse flower’. In full bloom the flower produces its own heat to help spread the smell.

Originating from Indonesia, the plant – proper name Amorphophallus titanum - is the largest flowering structure (inflorescence) on Earth and can grow up to three metres tall.

It was given its common name of titan arum by Sir David Attenborough during filming of the Private Life of Plants series.