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Foul flower
Even the greenest fingers stop
at the corpse flower. The biggest
bloomer on Earth, this species
is also the stinkiest, pervading
the atmosphere with the
stench of rotten flesh. What
a relief that it’s one of the
world’s rarest flowers!
ITSY-BITSY BLOOM
At the other end of the floral spectrum is the The corpse flower features in
Asian watermeal plant, or Wolffia globosa. Indonesian tourist brochures
The size of a grain of rice, this green grower as a symbol of the region’s
is the world’s smallest flowering plant, and vibrant rain forests.
can be found floating in streams and ponds.
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