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An Arum Titan specimen. Thousands of Germans have flocked to a botanical garden to witness the freak appearance of three flowers on the giant member of the lily family, notorious for its revolting smell.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)

1 posted on 05/15/2006 6:19:35 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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... from the Indonesian island of Sumatra where it reaches an average size of 1.5 metres. But in conservatories in Europe, Australia and the United States it has reached two metres and more.

Or at least, that's what we tell people.

2 posted on 05/15/2006 6:21:04 PM PDT by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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It's baaaaaack!
3 posted on 05/15/2006 6:22:08 PM PDT by martin_fierro (Ich bin ein bigstinker)
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I move to rename it in honor of WJC. Not A. titanum but A. clintonum. At least both stink.


4 posted on 05/15/2006 6:26:41 PM PDT by GSlob
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