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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-CORPSE FLOWER-BLOOMING

(240301) -- SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a blooming Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, the United States, Feb. 29, 2024. Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," gets the unpleasant name for the foul odor it emits when blooming. The putrefying stench was compared to rotten flesh. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-CORPSE FLOWER-BLOOMING

(240301) -- SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a blooming Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, the United States, Feb. 29, 2024. Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," gets the unpleasant name for the foul odor it emits when blooming. The putrefying stench was compared to rotten flesh. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-CORPSE FLOWER-BLOOMING

(240301) -- SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a blooming Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, the United States, Feb. 29, 2024. Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," gets the unpleasant name for the foul odor it emits when blooming. The putrefying stench was compared to rotten flesh. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-CORPSE FLOWER-BLOOMING

(240301) -- SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a blooming Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, the United States, Feb. 29, 2024. Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," gets the unpleasant name for the foul odor it emits when blooming. The putrefying stench was compared to rotten flesh. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-CORPSE FLOWER-BLOOMING

(240301) -- SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a blooming Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, the United States, Feb. 29, 2024. Amorphophallus titanum, also known as "corpse flower," gets the unpleasant name for the foul odor it emits when blooming. The putrefying stench was compared to rotten flesh. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

Handout photo shows An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arum Titan, the largest flower in the world - Villers les Nancy

An Arum Titan "Amorphophallus titanum", the largest flower in the world, is pictured as it blossoms for the first time on late July 11, 2023 at the Botanical Garden in Villers-les-Nancy. The flower has a 1,95 meters high yellow pistil and a red-brown petal-shaped funnel. Many curious are awaited to observe the short-term phenomenon despite the smell of rotting meat generated by the plant. Handout Photo by Frederic Pautz/Jardin Botanique Jean Marie Pelt via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rare "corpse flowers" in bloom in Dutch botanical garden

STORY: Rare "corpse flowers" in bloom in Dutch botanical garden DATELINE: March 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: LEIDEN, the Netherlands CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plants of the Amorphophallus gigas at Leiden Botanical Garden STORYLINE: Two plants of the Amorphophallus gigas, a species in the rare Amorphophallus known as the "corpse flower," were in bloom on Saturday in the Leiden Botanical Garden in the Netherlands. The larger one of the two Amorphophallus gigas plants is over three meters tall. The blooming plants, which give off a terrible smell of decay, attracted a flock of visitors to the oldest garden in the Netherlands. It was already the third time for the rare "corpse flower" to bloom in the garden in less than one year. In July last year, a plant of the Amorphophallus titanum blossomed while another species of the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus decus-silvae, was in bloom last October. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Leiden, the Netherlands. (XHTV)