Researcher measures size of giant titan arum flower

TSUKUBA, Japan - A researcher measures the size of a bloomed titan arum at the Tsukuba Botanical Garden in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on July 3, 2014. It was 2.7 meters tall, shy of the Guinness record of 3.1 meters.

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