Wednesday, October 27, 2010

"Rotting Flesh" Flower Blooms At Kew


A warm London welcome to Titan arum, the largest unbranched inflorescence plant in the world, which bloomed at Kew Gardens yesterday. Though you may not want to visit if your nose is of the sensitive type: the noisome plant, colloquially known as the 'corpse flower', emits a scent best described as rotting meat.

Read more and see a time lapse video of last year's bloom at Londonist

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