Two specimens of corpse flower from the National Botanical Garden in Beijing have produced seeds, the first recorded in China for this endangered species, Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, citing Agerpres.

The plants bloomed in July, this is the first “group flowering” of the species grown in artificial environments.

The species, officially known as Amorphophallus titanum, is native to Indonesia.

It is called a corpse flower because of its specific smell, which helps attract pollinators. Botanic garden staff recently cut open the fruit and discovered that seeds had formed inside.

This achievement reflects the high level of cultivation and conservation at the Beijing National Botanical Garden and is of great importance to the conservation of this endangered species, Xinhua said.

But Chinese botanists are by no means the only ones concerned with the preservation of this species, one of the most famous specimens of the plant is in the Meise Botanical Garden in Belgium, where it attracts spectators every year when it blooms.