Monday, July 22, 2013

Voice of America: Tall, Stinky Plant is a Draw At US Botanic Garden

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries 
Tall, Stinky Plant is a Draw At US Botanic Garden
Jul 23rd 2013, 01:17, by webdesk@voanews.com (Caroline Arnold)

What's purple, green and smells rancid from midnight to dawn? You guessed it, the titan arum. The towering flower released its stench for the first time in seven years as it bloomed Sunday evening at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington DC. As the world attention was focused on Britain's new royal, in Washington people from far and wide came to see and smell the world's largest collection of flowers on one stem.  An American royal was celebrated on Monday. It's ...

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