Thursday, 2 May, 2002, 10:54 GMT 11:54 UKNew Kew bloom causes a stink The plant has grown at a rate of 10cm per day The world's biggest and most pungent bloom has burst into flower at London's Kew gardens. The huge crimson-coloured plant - known as Amorphophallus titanium - is said to smell of a mixture of excrement and rotting flesh. Alongside the pungent aroma, the plant also boasts a distinctive look with giant red petals bursting out of a tall, phallic-like stem. The vast A. titanium is currently growing at a rate of 10 centimetres (four inches) per day...