'Corpse flower' attracts thousands to Washington garden

The towering titan arum bloom, which emits a powerful stench resembling rotten flesh, is a rare and crowd-pleasing event



WASHINGTON — It seems a more fitting subject for an Edgar Allan Poe story: a towering maroon blossom that emits the odor of rotting flesh.



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