"javawizard" wrote in message
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The world's largest flower is also one of the worst smelling flowers.
Rafflesia Arnoldii is often over 3 feet wide and its petals are almost
an inch thick. You wouldn't want it in your garden, however, because
it smells like a rotting animal. The flower is attempting to attract
flies for pollination. - from www.odd-info.com

The common stapelia which is in bloom now also stinks like rotting meat. I
leave them outside until frost threatens, cut off any remaining flowers or
buds and bring them inside.