World's hugest, most big honking flower ever blooms in Germany

By at 8:39 am Wednesday, May 28

The world's largest-ever flower bloomed in Germany yesterday last week. The nearly three-meter-tall Titan Arum at the University of Bonn kicks the previous flower record's ass (set 70 years ago) by 7 centimeters. This species is known as the "corpse flower" because it reeks of rotting flesh. Link, Discuss, (Thanks, Steve)

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