World's largest flower stinks out gardens

Titan arum.Titan arum, the world's largest and smelliest flower, has just flowered in Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens today. It is capable of growing up to 3 meters tall and has a banana-like, pale yellow wrinkled centre and a claret coloured frilly skirt. Although it smells like rotting flesh, people actually queue up to savior its stench. This stench is produced so that flies will be attracted to pollinate the plant. The titan arum is a native of Indonesia.

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