Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh has confirmed that Titan Arum, one of the world's biggest and smelliest flowers, will bloom in Scotland for the first time.

There was quite an excitement about the bud of one of the world's biggest and smelliest flowers. Now, staff at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh has bud will bloom in a few weeks.

Many weeks ago, the Arum produced the bug. The staff has noticed that the bud has started to grow. It is known as the corpse flower as it has the odor of rotten flesh. The flower uses its smell to attract insects for pollination purposes.

After it blooms, the garden will be open for complete day. A spokeswoman for the garden said, "Our Amorphophallus titanum (titan arum), one of the world's biggest and smelliest blooms, is set to flower. It's a first for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and for Scotland".

This morning only, horticulturists have discovered that the bud has started to grow into flower. Currently, the plant present in the Lowland Tropics House stands at 54 inches in height. When the flower will completely bloom and the smelliest then it will open from 9 am to 9pm.

The plant was taken from the western Sumatra, Indonesia, rainforest. In 2003, Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, Netherlands, gifted the plant to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. It is said to be the heaviest plant corm recorded at 338 lb.

It can take one to two weeks for the bud to turn into full flower. The flower has got its name from the stench of decaying flesh that it produces.