The Scotsman

A fine bouquet: Smelliest plant in the world blooms

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0 Dr Axel Poulson, a botanist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, observes the flowering of the ‘Corpse Flower’, Amorpophal­lus titanium, the world’s smelliest flower, which emits a rotting flesh smell to attract pollinatin­g insects.

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