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Kew's Most Famous Plant Continues to Turn Heads (And Noses) 135 Years On


Recent visitors to London's Kew Gardens can mark the 'see the world's smelliest plant' off their bucket lists, as a resident titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) burst into bloom on earlier this month, and a neighboring plant also due to flower soon.

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