The world's largest flower is in bloom at the Botanical Garden University of Basel at present.
Titan Arum
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(Also see Bowlie's announcement Spring is sprung, the plant is ...)
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That's also called the "corpse flower" because it smells like rotting meat.Claude wrote:missed that one, thanks Hans
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If you were a fly, you'd love it! 
It's a rare event - the botanic gardens here in Leiden had two flowering giant arums in 1998, then one in 2009!
It's a rare event - the botanic gardens here in Leiden had two flowering giant arums in 1998, then one in 2009!
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Hans
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