It has deep red flesh. It measures more than six feet high. It blooms only about once a decade. But the most memorable thing about the “Corpse Flower” at the Huntington Botanical Garden is that it gives off the stench of rotting flesh. The Takeaway is joined by Garden Director Jim Folsom, who’s in San Marino, California, with the flower, Amorphophallus titanium.
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