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Rare Corpse Flower Blooming at Houston Museum of Natural Science

A rare "corpse flower", which is billed as the world's stinkiest flower, is blooming at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The smell of the Titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum is said to resemble smell of a decomposing mammal. The huge flowering plants do not bloom very frequently. The flower has been nicknamed Lois. You can read more about Lois here.

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Posted on July 23, 2010



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