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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Is that the same plant from Dennis the Menace? (Not to be confused with Dennises the Menaces)

For botanists, it doesn't get more exciting than this - after 75 years, the Titan Arum plant has unfurled its leaves and is in full bloom.
For curious crowds who gathered, they perhaps realised that a once-in-a-lifetime look is more than enough - thanks to its pungent odour of rotting flesh.
The flower, nicknamed 'Corpse flower', bloomed late on Good Friday at the University of Basel, Switzerland and is expected to remain open until Easter Sunday.
Miracle-Gro: The flower opened for the first time in 75 years on Good Friday
Miracle-Gro: The flower opened for the first time in 75 years on Good Friday
The eight foot plant, which is indigenous to Sumatra's rainforests in Indonesia, has the largest unbranched shoot in the world. On average, they bloom once in a decade.